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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. What does the wife of the attacker suggest that she and the narrator do, in "The Correct Grip"?
(a) Have brunch.
(b) Meet at the park.
(c) Meet for coffee.
(d) Have lunch.

2. In "Moonbow," where does the narrator live?
(a) Maine.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Upstate New York.
(d) New Hampshire.

3. What does the narrator go outside to look at, in "Moonbow"?
(a) Jet contrail.
(b) Moonbow.
(c) Clouds in the sky.
(d) Stars.

4. When did four black students wait to be served at a Woolworth's five-and-ten?
(a) February 1960.
(b) March 1960.
(c) August 1959.
(d) December 1959.

5. How does the carver attach the pelt to an orphan lamb?
(a) Twine.
(b) String.
(c) Rope.
(d) Ribbon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the theater run out of before Syd places an order in in "I Stay with Syd"?

2. From what culture does the proverb come from in "Sing to It"?

3. What is the name of Lauryn's son, in "The Chicane"?

4. How old is the daughter of the family who adopts the pit bull named Charlie in "A Full Service Shelter"?

5. In "I Stay with Syd," what type of tree does the narrator think should be pruned?

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