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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Polly in "The Boarding House"?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Twenty-one.

2. What did Father Butler catch Leo Dillon reading?
(a) The Apache Chief.
(b) High Noon.
(c) Standoff at Little Bighorn.
(d) The Bloody Saloon.

3. In "An Encounter," what form of discipline for schoolboys who are caught talking to girls does the old man prefer?
(a) Lecturing.
(b) Expulsion.
(c) Whipping.
(d) Detention.

4. Who introduced the Wild West to the narrator of "An Encounter"?
(a) The narrator's older brother.
(b) Mr. Gardiner.
(c) Father Butler.
(d) Joe Dillon.

5. In "Eveline," what was the destination of Frank's first trip as a sailor?
(a) Patagonia.
(b) Panama.
(c) New York.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Farrington's son offer to do by way of apology for offending Farrington?

2. In "After the Race," where are the race cars going?

3. Where is Eveline's mother?

4. The narrator of "An Encounter" mentions that he prefers which genre of literature to the Wild West stories?

5. How much money does Farrington receive when he pawns his watch?

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