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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. Where is the author of The Falling Girl from?
(a) Italy.
(b) United States.
(c) France.
(d) England.

2. What does the zoo director in The Elephant decide to get as a cheaper alternative to a live elephant?
(a) A robotic elephant.
(b) A wooden elephant.
(c) An inflatable elephant.
(d) An ocelot.

3. What is the setting of On Hope?
(a) Gibraltar.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Spain.
(d) Argentina.

4. In the second scenario presented in Happy Endings, who kills him/herself?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Christine.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Mary.

5. What does the daughter of the lord become obsessed with finding in The Blue Jar?
(a) The setting sun.
(b) The sailor who saved her.
(c) The perfect jar.
(d) The perfect color blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Blue Jar?

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

3. What holiday begins The Black Dog?

4. What is the setting of Blue?

5. Who becomes engaged to Freddie in An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?

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