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

2. In "The Other Woman" what is about to happen in the storyteller's life?
(a) He will soon be married.
(b) He will become a priest.
(c) He will attend a funeral.
(d) He will soon be divorced.

3. In "Christmas Gift" what is the boy's name?
(a) Larry.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Sill.
(d) George.

4. In "The Other Woman," in front of whom does the storyteller cry?
(a) His co-workers.
(b) His fiancee and wedding guests.
(c) His mother-in-law.
(d) The other woman.

5. In "My Dead Brother Comes to America," how did the brother die?
(a) In a car accident.
(b) He committed suicide.
(c) He choked on a peanut.
(d) In the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Wild Plums" what is the narrator's name?

2. In "Theft" what does the main character try to give the thief?

3. In "My Dead Brother Comes to America," what does the family do after they are all in the new home?

4. In "The Hitch-Hikers" Sobby takes a bottle from ____________.

5. In "The Second Tree From the Corner," what mode of transportation does Mr. Trexler use?

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