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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 211-294.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Wild Plums" what is the narrator's name?
(a) The reader is not told.
(b) Anna Marie.
(c) Mary.
(d) Stephanie.

2. In "Christmas Gift" what does the storekeeper give the boy?
(a) A spitwad.
(b) Candy.
(c) A sandwich.
(d) Sugar.

3. Who wrote "The Killers"?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Sherlock Holmes.
(c) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

4. In "My Dead Brother Comes to America," how did the brother die?
(a) In the war.
(b) He choked on a peanut.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) He committed suicide.

5. In "The Killers" why do the two killers enter a particular public place?
(a) Ole Anderson is supposed to come there.
(b) Ole Anderson owns the establishment.
(c) Ole Anderson is hiding in the bathroom.
(d) Ole Anderson just walked by.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Second Tree From the Corner," what does Mr. Trexler deny having?

2. In "The Killers" what does Ole Anderson do when he learns that people want to kill him?

3. In "The Hitch-Hikers" Sobby takes a bottle from ____________.

4. In "Wild Plums" what does the narrator's mother say wild plums taste like?

5. In "The Second Tree From the Corner," whom does Mr. Trexler visit?

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