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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. Who does the narrator meet observing a chess game in the park one afternoon in Rules of the Game?
(a) Lau Po.
(b) Sin Lee.
(c) Max Reinhardt.
(d) John Trumble.

2. Who gives birth at the end of Daddy Garbage?
(a) Sandra.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Lizabeth.
(d) Liza.

3. What person do both the narrator and her mother of Home think about simultaneously?
(a) Robert.
(b) Jason.
(c) Richard.
(d) Simon.

4. What does Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and his men do after Lavender is taken away by the chopper?
(a) They burns down Than Khe.
(b) They recruit the men from Than Khe.
(c) They leave Lavender's belongings in Than Khe.
(d) They evacuate women and children from Than Khe.

5. What does the older son in Minor Heroism do for a living?
(a) He is a writer.
(b) He is a college professor.
(c) He is an attorney.
(d) He is a school teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. As A Vintage Thunderbird opens, who are the people driving from Virginia to New York?

2. To whom was Robert married?

3. Where does Margaret explain her grandmother's wedding dress is?

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

5. Where is the story Murderers set?

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