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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The River People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the father and brothers of the girl in Nao-Kurai's story do?
(a) Leave the village.
(b) Eat the snake.
(c) Eat the girl.
(d) Kill the girl.

2. Who does Desiderio go to speak to about the rituals of his marriage in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) Aoi.
(b) Nao-Kurai.
(c) Naori.
(d) Nao-Kurai's mother.

3. The Minister had told Desiderio that Mendoza traveled with what?
(a) A carnival.
(b) A band of gypsies.
(c) A tribe of shamans.
(d) A lounge act.

4. When was The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman first published?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1967.

5. What short story of Angela Carter's was adapted to a 1984 film?
(a) The Magic Toyshop.
(b) Several Peceptions.
(c) Company of Wolves.
(d) Shadow Dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Desiderio take refuge in the end of Chapter 3, The River People?

2. Desiderio's Minister did not have enough what to be affected by the things Dr. Hoffman's machine created?

3. Who raised Desiderio?

4. Who is the narrator in The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman?

5. Who is Desiderio's master in the beginning of the story?

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