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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 105-210.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Other Woman" the storyteller receives a letter from his fiancee. What does the letter say?
(a) She has cheated on him.
(b) It professes and explains the love she feels for him.
(c) She knows he will cheat on her but she will forgive him.
(d) She wants to call off the marriage.

2. In "Wild Plums" who asks the young girl to go pluming?
(a) Her father.
(b) Teresa.
(c) The Slump family.
(d) Her mother.

3. In "Christmas Gift" who gives the boy directions?
(a) The doctor.
(b) A customer.
(c) The storekeeper.
(d) A priest.

4. In "Wild Plums" what does the narrator's mother say wild plums taste like?
(a) Sweet.
(b) Raw beets.
(c) Salty.
(d) Bitter.

5. In "Christmas Gift" why does Sill enter the store?
(a) He is hurt and needs help.
(b) To buy sugar.
(c) To get warm.
(d) He sees his father through the window.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Theft" what is the main character doing when the thief enters her apartment?

2. In "My Dead Brother Comes to America," the family is waiting onshore for ____________.

3. In "Theft" why did the thief enter the main character's apartment?

4. In "Theft" what is stolen?

5. In "The Killers" why do the two men want to kill Ole Anderson?

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