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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Café Mort" and "Boston Common at Twilight".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 107 of "Boston Common at Twilight," what causes Ned to sudden feel "that something uncertain was going to happen and he would be blamed for whatever it was"?
(a) When the woman leads him into the subway.
(b) When the woman first speaks to him in the park.
(c) When the woman shows Ned the knife.
(d) When the woman gestures for him to follow her out of the park.

2. In "While It Lasts," why do George and Bonnie not stop for a drink with her brother after the movie?
(a) George goes to work early in the morning.
(b) George does not approve of drinking.
(c) George does not like Bonnie's family.
(d) George wants to get home and watch t.v.

3. In "Boston Common at Twilight," what is the name of Ned's aunt?
(a) Marcie.
(b) Elsie.
(c) Mary Ellen.
(d) Sharon.

4. In "Café Mort," what does the woman with purple fingers complain about?
(a) Tourists.
(b) The coffee.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) The cold.

5. In "Boston Common at Twilight," what is the rhetorical purpose of mentioning the rip in Ned's parka?
(a) It reinforces how young he is.
(b) It reveals the family's poverty.
(c) It demonstrates that he is careless.
(d) It introduces Ned's capacity for violence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Boston Common at Twilight," what temporarily makes Ned feel safer?

2. In "Café Mort," what is true of all of the employees?

3. In "Why I Don't Write," what does the narrator have a dream about?

4. In "While It Lasts," what does Bonnie find so compelling about George?

5. In "Café Mort," what attitude is more common among the late-night customers?

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