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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 211-294.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "The Other Woman"?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) John Smith.
(d) Sherwood Anderson.

2. Who wrote "My Dead Brother Comes to America"?
(a) Sherwood Anderson.
(b) E.B. White.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Alexander Godin.

3. Who wrote "The Second Tree From the Corner"?
(a) William Faulkner.
(b) Eudora Welty.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) E.B. White.

4. In "The Killers" what does Ole Anderson do when he learns that people want to kill him?
(a) He continues to lie in bed.
(b) He shoots the messenger.
(c) He jumps up and packs his suitcase.
(d) He kills himself.

5. In "My Dead Brother Comes to America," why is the mother nervous to see the father?
(a) She no longer loves him.
(b) She has not told him of the death.
(c) She doesn't like him.
(d) She is always nervous.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Christmas Gift" why does Sill enter the store?

2. Who wrote "The Killers"?

3. In "Christmas Gift" what is the boy's name?

4. In "Theft" the thief is stealing for ____________.

5. In "The Other Woman" the storyteller receives a letter from his fiancee. What does the letter say?

(see the answer key)

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