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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) Robert Penn Warren.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

2. In "My Dead Brother Comes to America," the family is coming from ___________________.
(a) Germany.
(b) The Ukraine.
(c) England.
(d) Ireland.

3. In "That in Aleppo Once..." what does the wife's former address turn out to be?
(a) A prison.
(b) A vacant lot.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) A boat slip.

4. In "The Hitch-Hikers" Sobby takes a bottle from ____________.
(a) The side of the road.
(b) A dumpster.
(c) His bag.
(d) The restaurant.

5. In "The Hitch-Hikers" who gives away the guitar?
(a) Tom Harris.
(b) The motel owner.
(c) Sobby.
(d) Sanford.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "That in Aleppo Once..." to whom are the letters written?

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

3. In "The Other Woman," in front of whom does the storyteller cry?

4. In "Christmas Gift" what does the storekeeper give the boy?

5. In "That in Aleppo Once..." whom does the narrator find on the boat?

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