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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 Miss Finch do?
(a) She is a criminal defense lawyer.
(b) She is a biogeologist.
(c) She is a surgeon.
(d) She is a nuclear physicist.

2. What happens to Miss Finch?
(a) She disappears right in front of them.
(b) She walks away into the mist.
(c) She is killed by the Smilodons.
(d) She joins the circus.

3. In October's story, who first nicknames the boy Runt, and why?
(a) His teacher names him Runt after a character from a book who was small and weak.
(b) His parents name him Runt, because he is their least favorite child.
(c) His brothers name him Runt, because he is younger, smaller and weaker than them.
(d) He names himself Runt, to show that he doesn't care what others say about him.

4. 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 work.
(b) Going to the gym.
(c) Going to his ex-girlfriend's house to beg her to take him back.
(d) Going to the store to bring back apples.

5. Why does the narrator's passenger ask him to go back to the hotel?
(a) He is sick of his company.
(b) He forgot his presentation notes for his paper.
(c) He forgot his wallet.
(d) He accidentally brought his room key with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the eighth room of the circus?

2. What do the two of them do?

3. What has next door's cat left on the professor's doormat?

4. What is the first story about?

5. What is the name of the club in the story 'Closing Time'?

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