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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the blind man’s attire when he arrives?
(a) Shoddy
(b) Regal
(c) Clownish
(d) Spiffy

2. The narrator describes the man narrating the television show about the Church as being from where?
(a) England
(b) Portugal
(c) Guam
(d) Canada

3. What is playing on the television as the narrator’s wife exits upstairs in the story?
(a) A game show
(b) Entertainment news
(c) The weather report
(d) A late-night comedy show

4. What drink does the blind man ask for when the narrator offers him one after his arrival?
(a) Scotch
(b) Tequila
(c) Rum
(d) Vodka

5. After hearing her name, the narrator asks his wife what question?
(a) Was his wife a Negro?
(b) Was his wife southern?
(c) Was his wife a Yankee?
(d) Was his wife Canadian?

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the story, the narrator says, “I was in my house. I knew that. But I didn’t feel like I was” what?

2. What does the blind man take from the backseat of the car when he and the narrator’s wife arrive at the narrator’s home?

3. What does the narrator say that he, his wife, and the blind man did after scarfing down their dinner in the story?

4. The narrator says, “I remembered having read somewhere that the blind didn’t smoke because, as speculation had it, they couldn’t” what?

5. Where did the other half of the coin go that the blind man was left with, according to the narrator?

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