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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Square Egg.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where, according to "The Square Egg," are the best eggs raised?
(a) England.
(b) Spain.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) America.

2. Who does Emily bribe in order to get her deckchair next to the Major?
(a) The captain.
(b) The steward.
(c) A maid.
(d) A deckhand.

3. What happens to the rich Armenian who refused Mr. Lammer's request?
(a) He was beaten nearly to death.
(b) He was thrown over the cliffs.
(c) He was run over by a carriage.
(d) He was shot and left to die.

4. What bird does the narrator see circling over the top of an oak-corpse?
(a) Great egrets.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Cliff flycatchers.

5. How many children does Emily have?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles do the children at Toad-Water have to walk to school?

2. What bird has the narrator never seen in the war-lands?

3. Whose identity does the condemned man, in "The Lost Sanjak," assume?

4. What invention does the Duchess believe to be the key to the recovery of the sunken treasure?

5. Who lives at Toad-Water?

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