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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the mourners have to drink after viewing the corpse in "The Sisters"?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Tea.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Sherry.

2. The narrator of "An Encounter" shouts which name to get his companion's attention so that they can run away from the old man?
(a) Frankie.
(b) Murphy.
(c) O'Donnell.
(d) Sean.

3. What does Eveline hold on to while she makes her decision to stay in Dublin?
(a) The iron railing.
(b) Her hat.
(c) Frank's hand.
(d) Her handbag.

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

5. Who bought the field in which Eveline used to play?
(a) A man from Belfast.
(b) A man from Edinburgh.
(c) The narrator's neighbor.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "Araby" find in the stall he enters?

2. In "Eveline," what was the destination of Frank's first trip as a sailor?

3. Who introduced the Wild West to the narrator of "An Encounter"?

4. Of what did the dead man in "The Sisters" die?

5. 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?

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