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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Christmas Gift"?
(a) Robert Penn Warren.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Henry Miller.

2. In "Wild Plums" what does the Slump family throw to the narrator?
(a) Wild plums.
(b) A handful of rocks.
(c) A bible.
(d) Oranges.

3. Who wrote "Wild Plums"?
(a) Joyce Carol Oates.
(b) Fannie Flagg.
(c) Jackie Kennedy.
(d) Grace Stone Coates.

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

5. In "The Killers" why do the two men want to kill Ole Anderson?
(a) Ole killed their brother.
(b) Ole is a Communist.
(c) Ole owes money to his bookie.
(d) The reader is not told.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Other Woman" when does the storyteller think of the other woman?

2. In "My Dead Brother Comes to America," what has the father gotten for all the children?

3. In "Wild Plums" what was the Slump family supposed to return on their way to the woods?

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

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

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