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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Woman in the Snow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what Classical work is the mythological Ajax notable for his abundant strength and courage, seen particularly in two fights with Hector?
(a) The Homeric Hymns.
(b) The Iliad.
(c) The Birds.
(d) The Odyssey

2. Where does Lester often go to regale stories of the past in "The 11:59"?
(a) The porter house.
(b) His church.
(c) The caboose.
(d) The locomotive.

3. Where does Lester lock himself in "The 11:59"?
(a) The station house.
(b) The porter house.
(c) A train car.
(d) His apartment.

4. The mayor in "Justice" announces that Alvin Tinsley died how?
(a) By shooting himself.
(b) In a tractor accident.
(c) By falling into the river.
(d) By hanging himself.

5. Where does the woman say her husband is in "The Woman in the Snow"?
(a) At work.
(b) Out of town.
(c) In bed sleeping.
(d) In the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the first organization of the Ku Klux Klan flourish in the American South?

2. What does the AFL refer to?

3. When is Ray driving when he sees a woman on the side of the road in "The Woman in the Snow"?

4. Who wants Ajax to prove his abilities by knocking something from a tree in "We Organized"?

5. What begins to show etchings of Hoop's crimes in "Justice"?

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