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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Penelope's father smuggled her out of the Eastern Bloc, where was the one place she had played in the West?
(a) Nebenstadt.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Paris.

2. Who was responsible for the stolen letter-box in "The Arsemover and the Minotaur"?
(a) Rory.
(b) Clay.
(c) Henry.
(d) Matthew.

3. What was Claudia's surname before she married?
(a) Hanley.
(b) Kirkby.
(c) Draft.
(d) Merchison.

4. What was Penelope's "self-proclaimed nickname" (59)?
(a) The Master Namer.
(b) The Broken-Nosed Bride.
(c) The Birthday Girl.
(d) The Piano Player.

5. What two books did Penelope's father obsess over?
(a) The Iliad and The Odyssey.
(b) The Quarryman and The Odyssey.
(c) Finnegan's Wake and Ulysses.
(d) Ulysses and The Iliad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the date that the Murderer was said to have come home in "The Forces are Displayed"?

2. In what month does Matthew describe the Murderer arriving in "Portrait of a Killer as a Middle-Aged Man"?

3. What is the name of the border collie that is described in "Warming Up the Clay Way"?

4. To what is the sun in Australia compared through metaphor in the beginning of "The Mistake Maker"?

5. Who was the man that gave Penelope money to call her father from the pay phone in "The Birthday Girl"?

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