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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Hofstadter who lives on Josephine Street?
(a) The woman who leases the bungalow to the narrator and her husband.
(b) Horace's former employer.
(c) The woman who places Horace with the narrator.
(d) Horace's first wife.

2. In "A Telephone Call," what name the man on the phone uses what name to address the women?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Darling.
(c) Baby.
(d) Honey.

3. Who is the one woman who hates Hobie?
(a) His mother.
(b) His ex-wife.
(c) His sister.
(d) His daughter.

4. How old is Rose?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty-eight.
(d) Twenty.

5. In the story "Arrangement in Black and White," why is the woman at the dinner party relieved that she did not use the "n-word" in front of Walter Williams?
(a) She was afraid she would embarrass her host.
(b) She was afraid it would embarrass Mr. Williams.
(c) She was afraid that the other guests would be offended.
(d) She was afraid that Mr. Williams might have found it offensive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does the narrator give to the six soldiers as they leave?

2. Who invented the rules for the game that Annabel and Midge play?

3. How long does Mimi have to prepare for her husband's leave?

4. How does the woman in "The Waltz" respond to the young man who asks her to dance?

5. What does the narrator wish for the girl in the poem "Story"?

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