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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through V. What the Thunder Said.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times is the word, ‘Twit’ repeated in succession in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) 3
(b) 6
(c) 5
(d) 4

2. What meal does Lil make when she invites the narrator to diner?
(a) Kidney Pie
(b) Hot Gammon
(c) Rack of lamb
(d) Fish and Chips

3. Where is the animal found creeping among the vegetation in Part III, The Fire Sermon?
(a) Under the great bridge
(b) At the shore of a pond
(c) Behind the gas house
(d) Across from a graveyard

4. Why does Albert give Lil money?
(a) To buy new shoes
(b) To buy new hair
(c) To buy new clothes
(d) To buy new teeth

5. Why doesn’t Lil have any more children than she does now?
(a) Her husband has been gone
(b) She aborts her pregnancies
(c) She is too old
(d) Her husband is injured

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Albert want from Lil?

2. In the Burial of the Dead, what does the narrator say he will show the reader under the red rock?

3. What are the withered stumps that frustrate the rich woman in a Game of Chess?

4. Who is bid farewell to over and over at the end of a Game of Chess?

5. In the Burial of the Dead, what frightens Marie?

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