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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Joe Brooks?
(a) The bride's old boyfriend who was not invited to the wedding.
(b) The bride's friend who has promised to send a gift when he returns from his business trip.
(c) The best man who is supposed to pick them up at the train station.
(d) The groom's friend who flirts with the bride's friends.

2. Why has the Bains' son, Paul, been sent away?
(a) Mrs. Whittaker sent him to college in another state.
(b) He was a drunkard and could not be trusted.
(c) He was young and made too much noise for the Old Gentleman.
(d) He had been caught stealing money from the Old Gentleman.

3. How does Mr. Durant plan to get rid of the stray dog?
(a) After the children go to sleep, he is going to take it to the animal shelter.
(b) He is going to put it outside after the kids go to sleep and tell them it ran away.
(c) He will sneak it away to a man who will "dispose" of it for him.
(d) He will drive it far away and drop it off in the middle of nowhere.

4. In "The New Love," how does the narrator regard her new lover?
(a) She thinks he is superior to her last lover.
(b) She appreciates that he is easily manipulated.
(c) She is consumed by love for him.
(d) She does not care whether he stays or goes.

5. What does the bride accuse the groom of doing while they were standing at the altar?
(a) Yawning.
(b) Thinking about how beautiful her bridesmaid, Louise, looked.
(c) Falling asleep.
(d) Looking at his watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the one woman who hates Hobie?

2. What color dress does Mimi buy for her husband's leave?

3. In the story "You Were Perfectly Fine," what time did the pale young man get up out of bed?

4. In "The Leal," on what can the narrator rely?

5. In "De Profundis," what kind of man does the narrator hope to find one day?

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