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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story "Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street," what are the narrator and her husband looking for in a servant?
(a) Someone who will keep them company.
(b) Someone who perform his duties in quiet.
(c) Someone who has experience in entertaining company.
(d) Someone who is neat and well-dressed.

2. To what does the narrator compare the lighting in the speakeasy?
(a) A kitchen cupboard.
(b) Mammoth Cave.
(c) A back alley at midnight.
(d) A church confessional.

3. What does the narrator say would help Mona?
(a) Calling Garry up on the phone.
(b) A big bowl of chicken soup.
(c) Getting married and having children.
(d) Getting dressed and going out for the evening.

4. What gift does the narrator give to the six soldiers as they leave?
(a) A flask of whiskey.
(b) A cigarette lighter.
(c) The rest of her pack of cigarettes.
(d) Twenty dollars.

5. In "The Little Hours," what time does the narrator wake?
(a) 3:30 am.
(b) 2:45 am.
(c) 5:15 am.
(d) 4:20 am.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator say she thinks she is after three highballs?

2. What is the narrator's intent in the poem "Lullaby"?

3. In the poem "False Friends," during what month does the narrator's heart heal?

4. What kind of horse does the narrator want to get?

5. In the poem "The Trifler," who would the narrator like to take as a lover?

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