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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 and Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of company did the man in "In a Network of Lines that Intersect" found?
(a) Protection against identity theft.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Protection against kidnapping.
(d) Childcare.

2. Why did the narrator in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow" kill the man?
(a) Over money.
(b) Over a legal issue.
(c) Over a woman.
(d) Over drugs.

3. How does the author refer to the woman the reader talks to?
(a) The other reader.
(b) The girl.
(c) The female reader.
(d) The book lover.

4. Who reads "Leaning from the Steep Slope" out loud?
(a) Ludmilla.
(b) Uzzi-Tuzzii.
(c) Lotaria.
(d) The reader.

5. What allows the reader to personalize the story?
(a) Easily dislikable characters.
(b) Vague descriptions.
(c) Impersonal dialogue.
(d) Specific settings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miyagi want the young man to gather for them in "On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon"?

2. In "Outside the Town of Malbork," for whom is the main character working?

3. What does Flannery find missing from his room?

4. What makes the main character in "In a Network of Lines that Intersect" think he is going insane?

5. Against whom does the main character in "Around an Empty Grave" prepare to defend himself?

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