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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: A Dusty Lunch (228-258).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "A Dusty Lunch," what happens to Brig in his old age?
(a) Cats start following him home.
(b) He gets cancer.
(c) He is unable to sleep without white noise.
(d) People start appearing in his apartment.

2. Who is Miss Scace?
(a) A gym teacher.
(b) A witch, the mother's nemesis, and a gym teacher.
(c) A witch.
(d) The mother’s nemesis.

3. In "A Dusty Lunch," Nell thinks Marty would have been doing what in earlier times?
(a) Grieving a lover.
(b) Running a Midwestern farm.
(c) Married with seven children.
(d) Unhappily working.

4. Hypatia claims her attackers were deeply concerned with what?
(a) Audience.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) The truth.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. What perspective is used in "My Evil Mother"?
(a) Omniscient narration.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Second person.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "My Evil Mother," what creature does the narrator believe her father is?

2. In "Death by Clamshell," how is Hypatia killed?

3. In "A Dusty Lunch," what was Brig’s father’s job?

4. In "A Dusty Lunch," what type of dancing did Brig do?

5. What perspective is "Death by Clamshell" told from?

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