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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Man with No Name .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darma consider the most important aspect of storytelling?
(a) Plot.
(b) Character.
(c) Setting.
(d) Theme.

2. What do most of the stories in this collection focus on?
(a) Setting.
(b) Plot.
(c) Tone.
(d) Characterization.

3. In "The Man With No Name," who has a habit of running into the street and threatening to shoot people?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The old man.
(c) Joshua.
(d) Mrs. Casper.

4. What emotional space does Darma inhabit while writing his stories?
(a) He needs to be angry.
(b) He is always sad.
(c) He writes as if in a trance.
(d) He is always happy.

5. Who does the narrator of "The Man With No Name" invite out for coffee?
(a) Mrs. Nolan.
(b) A professor.
(c) His friend.
(d) The old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Darma's first novel?

2. Who are the narrator's neighbors in "The Man With No Name"?

3. Where does the old man do his shopping in "The Man With No Name"?

4. When did Darma write his first novel?

5. What does the narrator of "The Man With No Name" do when he is bored?

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