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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Correct Grip to The Quiet Car.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Fort Bedd," how does the narrator open the curtains sometimes?
(a) Rips them open.
(b) Like a diver surfacing.
(c) Shoves them open.
(d) Like an anxious child.

2. What toy does a bear play with in "Moonbow"?
(a) Stuffed lamb.
(b) Stuffed cougar.
(c) Stuffed lion.
(d) Stuffed bear.

3. In "The Correct Grip," where was the narrator attacked?
(a) On the street.
(b) On a bus.
(c) Her dorm room.
(d) Her apartment.

4. Where does the narrator of "Greed" find an apple core after she throws it it into pachysandra?
(a) At the bottom of her front sidewalk.
(b) In her kitchen.
(c) Inside a screen door.
(d) Front steps.

5. In "A Full Service Shelter," when does the director of the shelter over the overnight staff to feed the death-row dogs?
(a) 4 a.m.
(b) 3 a.m.
(c) 2 a.m.
(d) 1 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does a storm make landfall in "I Stay with Syd"?

2. In "The Correct Grip," what phone number does the narrator give the wife of her attacker?

3. In "Fort Bedd," what does the narrator want under a copper beech?

4. What is carved off a lamb in "The Orphan Lamb"?

5. What does the bear damage at the end of "Moonbow"?

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