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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 493-564.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "The Killers"?
(a) Sherlock Holmes.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

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

3. In "The Killers" what does Ole Anderson do when he learns that people want to kill him?
(a) He shoots the messenger.
(b) He jumps up and packs his suitcase.
(c) He kills himself.
(d) He continues to lie in bed.

4. In "A City of Churches" what are Cecilia's options for lodging?
(a) A basement or a belfry.
(b) Apartment or house.
(c) Loft apartment or townhouse.
(d) Ranch style or bungalow style houses.

5. Who wrote "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin"?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Augusten Burroughs.
(c) Bob Hope.
(d) Tennessee Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Theft"?

2. In "Wild Plums" what does the narrator's mother say wild plums taste like?

3. In "The Rotifer" what is the narrator's name?

4. In "Wild Plums" why does the young girl jump off her father's carriage?

5. In "The Killers" what was Ole Anderson's former profession?

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