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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "An Encounter", what do the two boys eat for lunch?
(a) Tea and cookies.
(b) Fish and chips.
(c) Ham sandwiches.
(d) Currant buns.

2. How much money does Farrington receive when he pawns his watch?
(a) A sovereign.
(b) Two pounds.
(c) Six shillings.
(d) Fifteen pounds.

3. When "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" introduces Mr. O'Connor, what is he doing?
(a) Rolling a cigarette.
(b) Reading a newspaper.
(c) Opening a bottle of wine.
(d) Listening to the radio.

4. What gift did the narrator's aunt used to give the dead man in "The Sisters"?
(a) Cookies.
(b) A cigar.
(c) High Toast snuff.
(d) Tea.

5. What do the two neighbor girls of "Clay" bring to share with everyone?
(a) Nuts.
(b) Colored eggs.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Crumpets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the boy from "An Encounter" who plans to go on the adventure but does not end up meeting the other boys?

2. Many people consider Lenehan, the protagonist of "Two Gallants," to be what?

3. In what city did the dead man of "The Sisters" complete his education?

4. The narrator of "An Encounter" shouts which name to get his companion's attention so that they can run away from the old man?

5. Of whom does the poem in "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" speak?

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