Can't and Won't Quiz

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In Section Three, In the Train Station, whom does the narrator meet and give directions to? (from Section 3: Housekeeping Observation, The Execution, A Note from the Paperboy, In the Train Station)

A sheriff.

A woman in a red hat.

A child.

A monk.

In Section Three, Housekeeping Observation, what does the narrator decide about her house? (from Section 3: Housekeeping Observation, The Execution, A Note from the Paperboy, In the Train Station)

Writing is more important than cleaning.

She needs to sell the house.

It is clean under the dirt.

She needs to hire a maid.

What does the cornmeal do that inspires the narrator to learn a life lesson? (from Section One: The Visit to the Dentist, Letter to a Frozen Peas Manufacturer, The Cornmeal)

Burn her mouth.

Fall apart.

Burn in the pan.

Forms condensation on the underside of the plate.

In Section Five, The Song, what happened to make the singer stop singing? (from Section 5: Old Woman, Old Fish, The Song, Two Former Students)

The song was over.

A storm blew through the house.

The singer was killed.

A man yelled at the singer.

What is the ironic instance that happens when the two undertakers stop for lunch at the diner? (from Section Two: Two Undertakers, I Ask Mary About Her Friend, the Depressive, and His Vacation, The Magic of the Train, Eating Fish Alone)

Neither one of them can stand dead bodies.

Their bill is paid by the family.

They find that they are brothers.

The deceased's family are at the next table.