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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Other Woman" when does the storyteller think of the other woman?
(a) When he is on vacation.
(b) When he is with his wife.
(c) When he is at the gas station.
(d) Only at night.

2. In "The Hitch-Hikers" who receives the guitar in the end?
(a) The motel owner.
(b) Sobby.
(c) Tom Harris.
(d) A little black boy.

3. Who wrote "That in Aleppo Once..."?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Vladimir Nabokov.
(c) Tom Harris.
(d) Bob Smith.

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

5. In "Christmas Gift" what does the storekeeper give the boy?
(a) Sugar.
(b) A spitwad.
(c) A sandwich.
(d) Candy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Other Woman" what is about to happen in the storyteller's life?

3. In "Theft" who tries to steal from the main character?

4. Who wrote "My Dead Brother Comes to America"?

5. In "That in Aleppo Once..." the narrator immigrates to ____________.

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