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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Hope, Happy Endings, The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket, Girl, The Other Wife.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What becomes ruined due to the boy and his father in Blackberries?
(a) A basket.
(b) Pants.
(c) Shoes.
(d) A cap.

2. How old is Marta in The Falling Girl?
(a) 14.
(b) 19.
(c) 21.
(d) 16.

3. The teammates in Death of the Right Fielder suspect the player either tripped or what?
(a) Was shot.
(b) Choked to death.
(c) Had a heart attack.
(d) Was stabbed.

4. As Marta falls in The Falling Girl, the people get gradually more and more what as she nears the ground?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Masculine.
(c) Young.
(d) Old.

5. What is the name of the central female character in Happy Endings?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Mary.
(d) Christine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Don't You Blame Anyone?

2. What rises in the water at the end of On Hope?

3. The story On Hope comes from what country?

4. In the second scenario presented in Happy Endings, who kills him/herself?

5. In Death of the Right Fielder, how was the right fielder received by his teammates?

(see the answer key)

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