Can't and Won't Quiz

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What is the ironic instance that happens when the two undertakers stop for lunch at the diner? (from Section Two: Two Undertakers, I Ask Mary About Her Friend, the Depressive, and His Vacation, The Magic of the Train, Eating Fish Alone)

Their bill is paid by the family.

The deceased's family are at the next table.

Neither one of them can stand dead bodies.

They find that they are brothers.

In Section Three, In the Train Station, whom does the narrator meet and give directions to? (from Section 3: Housekeeping Observation, The Execution, A Note from the Paperboy, In the Train Station)

A child.

A sheriff.

A woman in a red hat.

A monk.

In Section Three, My Footsteps, what does the narrator see in her dream? (from Section 3: The Moon, My Footsteps, How I Read as Quickly as Possible, Notes During a Long Phone Conversation with Mother)

Her footprints are lighted.

Her sister.

Her shadow.

A woman in a red hat.

In Section Three, what does Flaubert decide about mankind as a result of The Execution? (from Section 3: Housekeeping Observation, The Execution, A Note from the Paperboy, In the Train Station)

Mrs. Pouchet has died.

People hate violence.

His wife has disappeared.

Mankind is still bloodthirsty.

In Section Five, The Song, what happened to make the singer stop singing? (from Section 5: Old Woman, Old Fish, The Song, Two Former Students)

The singer was killed.

The song was over.

A storm blew through the house.

A man yelled at the singer.