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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the full name of the pigeon that is described in "The Greeks Got Him"?
(a) Telemachus.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Hector.
(d) Agamemnon.

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

3. How long did Penelope have to wait to be granted asylum after fleeing the Eastern Bloc?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 9 months.

4. What animals did Matthew dig up before finding the typewriter in "Before the Beginning"?
(a) A dog and a cat.
(b) A dog and a snake.
(c) A cat and a mule.
(d) A pigeon and a snake.

5. In "Bernborough," Matthew says, "On days like these, Henry had rules" (27). What was the first rule?
(a) "There had to be beer."
(b) "There had to be cigarettes."
(c) "There had to be fighitng."
(d) "There had to be air-conditioning."

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of flowers had been the favorite of the Dunbar boys' mother?

2. Matthew describes the Merchisons in "Before the Beginning" as honest and what (6)?

3. Who is the second-eldest Dunbar brother?

4. Who is the eldest of the Dunbar brothers?

5. What was the second thing Penelope bought after arriving in Australia?

(see the answer key)

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