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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 72-88.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impressive gift did Portia get for her birthday?
(a) A real microphone.
(b) A trip to Glyndebourne when she turns 18.
(c) A microscope set.
(d) A trip to Disney World next year.

2. What is Sharon said to have done at the library before being removed?
(a) Yelled at the librarians.
(b) Bitten someone.
(c) Done drugs in the bathroom.
(d) Urinated in the stacks.

3. Who wrote "Some Other, Better Otto"?
(a) Lorrie Moore.
(b) George Saunders.
(c) Joan Didion.
(d) Deborah Eisenberg.

4. What does Otto say he must be for not wanting to have children?
(a) Weird.
(b) Smart.
(c) Inhuman.
(d) Selfish.

5. What does Otto ask William in the last line of the story?
(a) Why did you wake me up?
(b) What are we doing down here?
(c) Did I ruin your life?
(d) Why can't you leave me alone?

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Otto ask Portia when he tells her that he is a lawyer?

2. What gift did Otto give to Sharon that she still has in her living room?

3. What flower did Otto learn to like after William made him "look again" (54)?

4. What is Sharon's smile like?

5. What does William say regarding the human desire to have children, which Otto condemns as lazy?

(see the answer key)

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