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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. When does a storm make landfall in "I Stay with Syd"?
(a) 6 hours after Syd returns.
(b) 18 hours after Syd returns.
(c) 2 days after Syd returns.
(d) The night after Syd returns.

2. In "The Quiet Car," how far from the beach is the house that the narrator rents?
(a) A bicycle ride.
(b) 1/4 mile.
(c) A short walk.
(d) 1/2 mile.

3. in "Moonbow," who was in bed with the narrator?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her daughter.

4. What do the narrator and others put on the pillows of the death-row dogs in "A Full Service Shelter"?
(a) Rawhide.
(b) Dental chews.
(c) Pigs' ears.
(d) Steak bones.

5. In "Four Calls in the Last Half Hour," at what percent could everyone be if those who have more would give a little?
(a) 90%.
(b) 80%.
(c) 95%.
(d) 85%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the wife of the person that attacked the narrator of "The Correct Grip" say about the narrator's relationship with her husband?

2. In "The Second Seating," what do the narrator and friends like to drink?

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

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

5. Where does the narrator of "Greed" find an apple core after she throws it it into pachysandra?

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