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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Linguists and Contenders.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of seafood do the grandmothers chop?
(a) Lobster
(b) Oysters
(c) Trout
(d) Shrimp

2. What can Wittman hear in a room nearby?
(a) Singing
(b) Typing
(c) Banging
(d) Laughing

3. What is the name of the bus Wittman takes downtown?
(a) Puny
(b) Goad
(c) Borda
(d) Muni

4. What does Wittman read to Nanci?
(a) A manifesto
(b) A poem
(c) A newspaper article
(d) A short story

5. What kind of dancer was Wittman's mother?
(a) A strip dancer
(b) A ballet dancer
(c) A can-can dancer
(d) A twist dance

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the man in the stockroom smoking?

2. What subject did Wittman Ah Sing major in?

3. Which of the following was Nanci at college?

4. What does Wittman fantasize that the bus passengers will ask the council for on their route?

5. Who wrote the Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge?

(see the answer key)

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