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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Analysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick notice after the story is over?
(a) The sun is rising.
(b) Everyone is crying.
(c) The narrator has his arm around someone else's wife.
(d) The afternoon light is waning.

2. Terri recalls a period of her life during which she lived like a:
(a) Pauper.
(b) Fugitive.
(c) Criminal.
(d) Queen.

3. Which of the following events is the climax of Carver's story?
(a) The revelation of Laura's secret.
(b) The fight between Nick and Mel.
(c) Mel's story of why the old man is depressed.
(d) The conversation in Terri's mind.

4. Who suggests that the group go to dinner?
(a) Laura.
(b) Mel.
(c) Nick.
(d) Terri.

5. Who asks for something to eat before dinner?
(a) Nick.
(b) Mel.
(c) Terri.
(d) Laura.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character contends that abusive behavior is, in fact, love?

2. What literary device does the author use in portraying Mel's difficulty in understanding love despite his profession?

3. Mel claims he loved:

4. Where are the characters sitting for the duration of the story?

5. What time of day does the story take place?

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