View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Blocked" - "Grand Union".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the first boy Monica ever kissed go on to do?
(a) Become president.
(b) Hang himself.
(c) Stab a man.
(d) Become a lawyer.

2. What is empathy illustrated as in "Parents' Morning Epiphany"?
(a) A magnifying glass.
(b) A bowl of dark liquid.
(c) A clock.
(d) A rabbit.

3. Who is Donovan's neighbor that has a soda-stream?
(a) Miss Rose.
(b) Miss Jackson.
(c) Miss Steinfeld.
(d) Miss Clayton.

4. The narrator in "Sentimental Education" says, "There is an old cliche about street life" (14). What is the cliche?
(a) "It's a gateway to financial depravity."
(b) "It's meaningless."
(c) "You start there and you end there."
(d) "You leave, but the streets follow."

5. Who does the narrator describe sending away because she does not like saying her name in "Now More than Ever"?
(a) Mary.
(b) Anna.
(c) Wilma.
(d) Hester.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the women who plait hair in "The Lazy River"?

2. What is said to be "a better metaphor for what happens than roads not taken or branches unsprouted" in "Sentimental Education" (11)?

3. Where is Miss Adele from originally?

4. What is Esorik on her Labor days, according to the narrator in "The Canker"?

5. What is the name of the dog that Zenobia is caring for in "All the Moods vs. the Individual"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 254 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample