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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Daddy Garbage by John Edgar Wideman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Connie in Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Twenty.

2. In All the Way in Flagstaff, what does William want to do when he grows up?
(a) Become a doctor.
(b) Become a teacher.
(c) Become a firefighter.
(d) Become a priest.

3. In Minor Heroism, where in the house does Bryan sit and draw his pictures?
(a) At the dining room table.
(b) On the floor of his room.`
(c) At his father's desk.
(d) On the living room table.

4. Where do Irene and the children move when they leave Flagstaff?
(a) Atlanta, Georgia.
(b) Nashville, Tennessee.
(c) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(d) Miami, Florida.

5. What does the speaker in Girl teach about spitting up in the air?
(a) Why not to do it.
(b) How to do it, and how to get out of the way.
(c) Why good girls do not do it.
(d) How to do it, and how to catch it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Beth tell Casey he has to go by himself the evening of the full moon?

2. Where does the narrator of the story Home go on Saturdays?

3. What does Louise have hidden in the back of her closet behind her stuffed animals?

4. What two children are left at the school house with the teacher during the blizzard?

5. What happens to Quadberry in the VIetnam war?

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