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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: The Dead Interview (101-120).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nell call the imaginary assailants in the opening scene of "First Aid"?
(a) Desperate Killers.
(b) Desperados.
(c) Kidnappers.
(d) Thieves.

2. How is John’s wife described in "Two Scorched Men"?
(a) Skeptical yet sane.
(b) Young and beautiful.
(c) Neurotic.
(d) Small and lanky.

3. In "Morte De Smudgie," who does Nell believe are adept at death?
(a) The gentry.
(b) The French.
(c) The common folk.
(d) The Victorians.

4. Which of the following is NOT a near-death experience that Tig and Nell had?
(a) Snake bite.
(b) Chainsaw and ATV accident.
(c) Their canoe tipped.
(d) Their smoking setting off fire alarms.

5. What does the narrator’s mother say when casting spells in "My Evil Mother"?
(a) Point.
(b) Woosh.
(c) A curse on you.
(d) Alakazam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which term is NOT used in Nell’s retelling of “Morte d’Arthur”?

2. In "First Aid," what do Nell and Tig fear while camping?

3. In "The Dead Interview," who is Orwell’s mentor?

4. In "The Dead Interview," Orwell claims he is attacked for what?

5. Which literary device is this an example of: “funeral scarf from stem to stern” (61)?

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