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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tancredi, Las Papas, The Black Dog, Snow, The Explosion in the Parlor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Di Grasso's profession in the story with the same name?
(a) Pianist.
(b) Director.
(c) Actor.
(d) Mime.

2. What do the children convince their father to let them borrow in The Verb To Kill?
(a) His clothes.
(b) A knife.
(c) A rifle.
(d) His head.

3. What kind of meat does the old woman order in Weather in San Francisco?
(a) Bratwurst.
(b) Liver.
(c) Steak.
(d) Haggis.

4. What story of the collection did Paule Barton write?
(a) Terminal.
(b) The Last Days of a Famous Mime.
(c) Emilie Plead Choose One Egg.
(d) There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella.

5. Who wrote Homage to Isaac Babel?
(a) Jorge Luis Borges.
(b) Slawomir Mrozek.
(c) Joyce Carol Oates.
(d) Doris Lessing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lessons does the overweight woman of Disappearing take in order to get away from her boorish and insulting husband?

2. What are the Maori tribesmen fishing for in At the River?

3. Where is the author of The Boy from?

4. What is the character name of the murdered city-dweller in Di Grasso?

5. What is the age difference of the men in the hotel room in August 25, 1983?

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