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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Mood" - "Big Week".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is said to be "a better metaphor for what happens than roads not taken or branches unsprouted" in "Sentimental Education" (11)?
(a) "A shoe falling silently on an abandoned rooftop."
(b) "Blind worms churning mud through their bodies."
(c) "Waves crashing against an endless beach."
(d) "A dog choking on a chicken bone."

2. Whose writing does the narrator describe reading at the Eastern Seaboard in "Downtown"?
(a) James Baldwin.
(b) E. M. Cioran.
(c) Roger Moore.
(d) Andrew Stilton.

3. Where is Miss Adele from originally?
(a) Florida.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Texas.

4. What object is described in "Clarity of Ideas" in "Parents' Morning Epiphany"?
(a) A clock.
(b) A bowl of dark liquid.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A magnifying glass.

5. Where does the narrator in "Downtown" describe going to "chew on some tough schnitzel and get blasted till the early hours" (84)?
(a) Cafe Ross.
(b) Cafe Senegal.
(c) Cafe Loup.
(d) Cafe Sapphire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How deep is the majority of the lazy river that is described in "The Lazy River"?

2. Where in Spain is the Lazy River described as being located in "The Lazy River"?

3. For how long does Donovan's mother say they have been performing their show in the same spot in "Just Right"?

4. Where is Mary Baker Eddy described in "Mood"?

5. When did the annual phone book come out, according to the narrator in "Mood Memory"?

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