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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 "My Evil Mother" why does the mother want the narrator to break up with her boyfriend?
(a) He is cheap.
(b) He treats her poorly.
(c) He stole her grandmother’s jewelry.
(d) She believes he is going to die.

2. In "My Evil Mother," which card does the mother draw that determines the boyfriend’s fate?
(a) The tower.
(b) King of cups.
(c) The knight.
(d) Ace of wands.

3. In "A Dusty Lunch," what was Brig’s father’s job?
(a) CEO.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Accountant.

4. In "A Dusty Lunch," which of the following is NOT a poem Brig wrote?
(a) A Wish.
(b) The Wehrmacht 1945.
(c) A Shot in the Dark 1948.
(d) The Reichswald.

5. In "Death by Clamshell," what happened to the men who hurt Hypatia in the afterlife?
(a) They were put in isolation.
(b) They were properly punished.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They got away with murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Death by Clamshell," which one of the following did the mob NOT ridicule Hypatia for?

2. In "A Dusty Lunch," what was the name of Nell’s war-time coffee?

3. In "Death by Clamshell," what did the mob gouge out?

4. In "My Evil Mother," what is the narrator’s fiancé’s reaction to her mother?

5. In "A Dusty Lunch," what causes Nell to believe that Tig understood his dad?

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