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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An Old Woman and Her Cat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Hamish and Mary tell about the person in #44?
(a) He has had reconstructive surgery.
(b) He is a foreigner.
(c) He is strikingly handsome.
(d) He is grieving.

2. What does the narrator say she can see in her hands as she meets a potential lover?
(a) A smile.
(b) A key.
(c) A truffle.
(d) Her heart.

3. In "The Woman" Herr Scholtz says that a woman had an affair with him ___________________.
(a) to have a child.
(b) to get his money.
(c) to travel the world.
(d) to catch a husband.

4. What revives Hetty enough that she thinks she might live through the winter?
(a) A rented room.
(b) Hot tea.
(c) Soup.
(d) Biscuits.

5. Where does Susan take a walking holiday?
(a) France.
(b) Wales.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Hamish and Mary about the Germans they see while on vacation?

2. What do the men think happen to the woman when she does not appear on the roof one day?

3. Who does Susan ask Matthew to hire?

4. Where is the couple sitting in "Wine"?

5. With whom has Maureen most recently been involved?

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