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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the destination of the boys' adventure in "An Encounter"?
(a) The far side of Dublin.
(b) The Pigeon House.
(c) A pub with a Wild West motif.
(d) The wharf.

2. What is Araby?
(a) A bazaar.
(b) A school.
(c) A holiday.
(d) A village by the sea.

3. In "The Sisters" what is tied to the door knocker of the shop?
(a) Two chrysanthemums.
(b) A "closed" sign.
(c) A crape bouquet.
(d) A rosary.

4. Of what did the dead man in "The Sisters" die?
(a) Paralysis.
(b) Meningitis.
(c) Whooping cough.
(d) Rubella.

5. What did the narrator of "Araby" once find under the bushes in the garden?
(a) A bicycle pump.
(b) A baseball.
(c) Old magazines.
(d) A golf ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "An Encounter," where do the boys plan to meet for their day of adventure?

2. In "An Encounter," what form of discipline for schoolboys who are caught talking to girls does the old man prefer?

3. The narrator of "Araby" mentions that the girl fidgets with which accessory while she talks to him?

4. Where does the narrator of "Araby" wait every day to see the girl he likes?

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

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