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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Hope, Happy Endings, The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket, Girl, The Other Wife.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Girl?
(a) Joyce Carol Oates.
(b) Margaret Atwood.
(c) Yasunari Kawabata.
(d) Jamaica Kincaid.

2. What color is the skyscraper in The Falling Girl?
(a) Silver.
(b) Blue.
(c) Gold.
(d) Black.

3. What are the people like in the upper floors of the skyscraper in The Falling Girl?
(a) Old and feeble.
(b) Middle aged and bored.
(c) Young and rich.
(d) Young and poor.

4. What is the name of the man the central female character falls in love with after the death of her husband in Happy Endings?
(a) Fred.
(b) Paul.
(c) Michael.
(d) Mark.

5. In the second scenario presented in Happy Endings, who kills him/herself?
(a) Mary.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Christine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket?

2. In Death of the Right Fielder, how was the right fielder received by his teammates?

3. What rises in the water at the end of On Hope?

4. How old is Marta in The Falling Girl?

5. Who is the author of Happy Endings?

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