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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Postwar Stories, Section 1. Theft in a Pastry Shop; Dollars and the Demimondaine; & Sleeping Like Dogs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Man in the Wasteland", who holds the gun?
(a) Baciccin.
(b) The boy.
(c) The father.
(d) Baciccin's daughter.

2. In "A Ship Loaded with Crabs", what does the little girl poke with a stick?
(a) Her eye.
(b) A little boy.
(c) A crab.
(d) A jellyfish.

3. In "Theft in a Pastry Shop", who is the first to eat a pastry?
(a) Uora-Uora.
(b) The policemen.
(c) Baby.
(d) Dritto.

4. In "The Crow Comes Last", what does the boy become?
(a) A spy.
(b) A sniper.
(c) A priest.
(d) A fisherman.

5. In "Going to Headquarters", who dies?
(a) Libereso.
(b) The unarmed man.
(c) No one.
(d) The soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Theft in a Pastry Shop", who is still in the pastry shop when the police arrive?

2. In "The House of the Beehives", what does the narrator do to the dark woman?

3. In "Hunger at Bevera", how does Bisma leave town?

4. In "Lazy Sons", who is the narrator?

5. In "Going to Headquarters", who is a spy?

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