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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," where does the author want to plant a tree?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) A park.
(c) A school.
(d) Edge of a field.

2. When is the only time the narrator of "A Full Service Shelter" wears latex gloves or scrubs?
(a) When she bathes a dog.
(b) When she grooms a dog.
(c) When she handles the dogs in the sick ward.
(d) When she has to feel for something in feces.

3. Where does Mrs. Greed travel?
(a) The East Coast.
(b) The West Coast.
(c) The world.
(d) Around the U.S.

4. In "The Orphan Lamb," where does the carver wipe the blood?
(a) His jacket.
(b) A rag.
(c) The grass.
(d) His pants.

5. What does the narrator say that her husband Mrs. Greed had between them?
(a) Green apples.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Red apples.
(d) Oranges.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Full Service Shelter," when does the director of the shelter over the overnight staff to feed the death-row dogs?

2. Where do the narrator and Syd decide to ride out the storm in "I Stay with Syd"?

3. At the end of "I Stay with Syd," what does the narrator want to hurry up and end?

4. How long do the narrator, Syd, and the others have to wait before they can go back inside the theater, in "I Stay with Syd"?

5. Where did Lauryn die, in "The Chicane"?

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