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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Problem of Susan, and Instructions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator do the next day?
(a) He presents the professor's paper.
(b) He leaves New Orleans as quickly as he can.
(c) He goes in search of the woman from the bar.
(d) He digs up a grave in the graveyard and finds the body of his friend.

2. What has next door's cat left on the professor's doormat?
(a) Today's newspaper.
(b) Cat vomit.
(c) The head and paw of a mouse.
(d) A dead sparrow.

3. In 'Bitter Grounds' what is the narrator doing when he decides to just keep driving and run away from his old life?
(a) Going to his ex-girlfriend's house to beg her to take him back.
(b) Going to work.
(c) Going to the store to bring back apples.
(d) Going to the gym.

4. In Greta's dream, what does Aslan do to Susan and Lucy?
(a) He laughs at them.
(b) He eats them.
(c) He sends them away.
(d) He takes them to heaven.

5. Why does August stop the story before the storyteller can finish?
(a) It is scaring April.
(b) It is too boring.
(c) It is not a true story.
(d) He has heard it before.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first story about?

2. What does Runt decide at the end of the story?

3. After following the path away from the river, what does Runt come to?

4. At a cafe, how does the narrator identify himself?

5. Why does the narrator's passenger ask him to go back to the hotel?

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