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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", in what store was the main character walking?
Woolworth's
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what year is it when the main character walks through Woolworth's?
1927
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what did the crowd of shoppers have piled in their arms?
phonograph records
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what kind of records were on special?
Victor and Brunswick
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how much did the records on special cost?
5 cents each
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how long has it been since the main character has heard the phonograph?
months
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how many records did the main character select?
half dozen
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what kind of jazz did the main character speak about?
American jazz
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", sometimes there were several chords of what instrument?
banjo
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what time of year (month) was it?
early August
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", for how long had the main character not listened to himself through the phonograph?
many months
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how long did the main character sit at a table working a teletype machine to send and receive telegrams?
all day
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", the teletype machine was a great help to what industry?
American
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what did the main character want?
a house
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how many books did the main character have?
half dozen books
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", when did the main character usually fall asleep?
late at night or early in the morning
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how much was the rent per week for the main character's house?
3 dollars
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how old was the main character?
almost 19
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", on what did the main character cook his supper?
small gas-range
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", who provided the small gas-range and what was it for?
landlady; for cooking and suicide
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how many humpback New York women in an enormous room, sewing on machines did the main character picture?
ten thousand
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what kind of phonograph did the main character have?
a Victor
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how long did the main character have his phonograph?
years
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what kind of folk song music did the main character have?
Roumanian
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what kind of jazz music did the main character have?
American
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what kind of spiritual music does the main character have?
Negro
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what kind of westerns music did the main character have?
American
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", when did the main character begin to feel lost?
months ago
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what did the main character notice one evening while on the streetcar?
the sky
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how long did the main character spend cleaning the phonograph?
ten minutes
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what did the main character purchase so that the phonograph would not make too much noise?
soft needles
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", who knocked at the main character's door? (landlady)
Mrs. Liebig
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what is the main character's name?
Mr. Romano
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how many times did the main character play the passage of syncopation?
three or four times
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how many chords on the banjo did the passage contain?
eight swift chords
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how many times were the eight swift chords on the banjo repeated?
14 times
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", the main character was as crazy as what animal?
a bat
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", on what day was there nothing for the main character to do?
Sundays
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how many telegraphers did the teletype machine put out of work?
thousands
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how much money did telegraphers make per hour?
a dollar
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how much did the telegraph companies save by having teletype machines?
millions of dollars each year
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how much did the main character make per hour?
28 cents
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how long would the teletype be silent for on Sundays?
as long as an hour
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what words did the main character read on a Sunday morning telegram?
hello hello hello
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", how long did the main character talk to the other operator?
about an hour
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what words signaled the return of the big shot to the office?
wire chief
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", at what time did the girl from the main office come down to the main character's office?
five o'clock in the afternoon
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", at what time did the main character walk the girl out of the city to her house?
six o'clock
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", at what time did the landlady come to the main character's room to quiet him from playing his record?
half past eleven (11:30)
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", where did the couple go on Sundays?
Marin County (across the bay)
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", what dates did the couple go to Marin County to talk about the house?
September and October, 1927
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", where were the hills in Marin County located?
across the bay from San Francisco
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", in what months did the couple really click?
August and September and October
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", in what month did the couple's harmony fade?
November
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", in what month did the main character know that their relationship was over?
March, 1928
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", in what month did something happen to the main character?
June
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", until what time did the main character walk?
one in the morning
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", at what time did the main character take off his work jacket, walk away from his teletype machine and quit his job?
a little after 2 in the afternoon
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", into how many suitcases did the main character pack his things?
two
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", to whom did the main character give his phonograph?
Mrs. Liebig, the landlady
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In William Sayoran's short story "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8", during what composer's music did the phonograph groan?
Beethoven
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what building did the main character live next to?
the high school
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", from where did the main character get a letter every two weeks?
Pelman Institute of America
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", how often did the main character get a letter from Pelman Institute of America?
every 2 weeks
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", who did the letters say had taken their course and had fine big brains now?
Chesterton and Ben Lindsay
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", how old was the main character's niece?
4 years old
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", to whom did the main character turn the matter over?
his niece
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what was the main character tired of?
the radio
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what did the main character hear on the radio?
- NRA speeches
- excerpts from Carmen
- Tosti's "Goodbye" and "Trees"
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", how often did the main character hear the speeches/songs on the radio?
every night for over a year (sometimes twice a night)
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what songs were the same at the symphony, even when a lady conducted?
- Beethoven's Fifth
- "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
- "The Blue Danube Waltz"
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", who did the main character worry would have to listen to "The Blue Danube Waltz" too?
his great grandchildren
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", on what night did the main character go to the night classes?
Tuesday
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", to what classes did the main character go?
Commercial Art
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", the fat lady teacher said there were how many arts?
five
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what were the five arts?
- painting
- sculpture
- architecture
- music
- poetry
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what color paper was on the little lady's desk?
white
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what was on the little lady's desk?
- white paper
- pencil
- bottle of ink
- pen
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", who did the little lady began to draw?
Marlene Dietrich
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", the little lady's picture looked like a very good what?
Matisse
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", how many other women were drawing pictures of Marlene Dietrich?
three
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what were the men painting?
display cards
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", one man was making a pen and ink sketch of whom?
Lincoln
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", how old was the man who sketched Lincoln?
late thirties
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what kind of facial hair did the man sketching Lincoln have?
small Hitler-style moustache
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", who does the main character talk about when it comes to beards?
- Havelock Ellis
- D.H. Lawrence
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", the young girl making a charcoal portrait of whom?
Clara Bow
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", to where did the man sketching go when he got up?
pencil sharpener
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", the man who sketched Lincoln told the girl that she hadn't shaded what just right?
the eyes
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what was the young gir's name?
Harriet
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what was the first thing that the main character learned about from the teacher?
line
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what does a vertical line denote?
activity and growth
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what does a horizontal line denote?
rest and repose
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what is a straight line?
masculine
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what is a curved line?
feminine
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what kind of line is considered a line of beauty?
vertical line slightly curved
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", how many fundamental forms are there?
three
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what are the three fundamental forms?
- cone
- cylinder
- modifications of them
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", there was a short recess after how long?
an hour
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what did the main character offer to the man who sketched Lincoln?
a cigarette
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what month was it?
February
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", at what time did the genius of the class come?
eight o'clock (for the second period only)
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", how old was the genius of the class?
40 year old woman
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what color sweater did the genius of the class wear and what kind of teeth did she have?
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", what was the genius of the class sketching?
small plaster reproduction of a nude Grecian youth
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In William Sayoran's short story "A Curved Line", the genius of the class was the only one who worked while what?
standing up
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", what were the names of the three boys who went home?
- Dan Seed
- James Misippo
- Dick Corcoran
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", where were the three boys walking along?
Southern Pacific tracks
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", what was the name of the substitute teacher?
Miss Wissig
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", for how long must the main character laugh?
an hour
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", how many minutes has the main character wasted already?
4 minutes
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", what words did the teacher erase from the blackboard?
- Africa
- Cairo
- the pyramids
- the sphinx
- Nile
- 1865
- 1914
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", what was the name of the principal?
Mr. Caswell
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", the boy says golly _____ when he thinks about a whipping?
Moses
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", for how long could the main character feel a whipping?
days after
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", what was the name of the girl who walked funny?
Annie Gran
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", who did Henry Mayo make fun of by saying the lines wrong?
Hiawatha
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", who made fun of Hiawatha by saying the lines wrong?
Henry Mayo
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", what was the funniest thing?
his voice
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", before he knew it, how many minutes had gone by?
2 minutes
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", what kind of church did the preacher preach at?
Presbyterian
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", what words did the preacher pray that were so fake?
O God, if it is your will
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", what kind of cars did the important people have?
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", the streetcars going up and down the city never had more than how many passengers?
two
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", what color did the boy's face get when he laughed?
red
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", what animals were dead on the sidewalk?
small birds
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", what was the main character's name?
Ben
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", the teacher asks the main character if he has what object?
handkerchief
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", how old is the main character?
10 years old
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", what occupation does the main character's father have?
tailor
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", how many siblings does the main character have?
3 brothers, 2 sisters
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", where does the main character want to go?
New York
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", what is the old country the main character talks about? (his father's city)
Milan
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", what was the regular teacher's name?
Miss Shorb
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", Miss Wissig tightened what on her coat?
the belt
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", what did the main character want to see leaving town?
freight train
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In William Sayoran's short story "Laughter", under what trees did the main character sit and cry?
eucalyptus trees
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", the main character sits in a small room how much time from now while writing a story about a number of human beings marching in a hunger parade?
- 2 or 3 months from now
- 2 or 3 years from now
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", how long ago did opportunity knock on the main character's door?
a number of years ago
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", who is the best writer the main character knows and is his cousin?
Kirk Minor
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", what color is the young man with the sad face's ragged serge suit?
blue
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", how often does the young man with the sad face and the ragged blue serge suit from the collection agency come to the main character's room?
once a month
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", how much money does the main character owe the employment agency?
4 dollars
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", in what year did the employment agency get the main character a job?
1927
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", what family does the man who comes to collect the money have?
wife and young daughter
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", what is the name of the main character?
Mr. Enrico Sturiza
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", how much does the main character owe his cousin?
half dollar
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", for how long did the main character and the man from the collection agency talk?
a half hour
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", to where did the main character walk to find out again how Flaubert did it?
public library
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", the main character walked to the public library to find out again how who did it?
Flaubert
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", how old is the small man at the door?
50 years old
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", what is in the small man at the door's left hand?
large brown envelope
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", in what hand is the stuffed brown envelope?
left hand
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", from what agency does the small man come?
International League for the Preservation of Democracy and the Annihilation of Fascism, Bolshevism, Communism and Anarchism
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", what kind of car waits downstairs?
Packard
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", the small book of instructions contains language comprehensible even to children of how many years?
7 year olds
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", at what time was war declared that morning?
quarter past six (6:15)
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", at what piece of writing does the main character sometimes glance?
Christian Science Monitor
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", to where must the main character walk for exercise?
Pacific Ocean
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", in not more than how long does another man return to the main character's house?
half hour
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", what is the name of the young officer who comes to the main character's house?
Gerald Appleby
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", what is the name of the small man who visited the main character first?
Mr. Covington
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", what is the name of the young officer's commanding officer?
General Egmont Pratt
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", for how long would even the most highly sophisticated people enjoy being barbaric, according to the main character?
a century or so
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", what man committed suicide by slashing his wrists and bleeding to death?
Pascin
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", how many wars does the main character hope to outlive?
3 or 4 wars
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", our ships outnumber the ships of the enemy by how much?
3 to 1
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", what countries does the main character mention as he questions who the enemy is?
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", of what six Russians is the main character very fond?
- Dostoyesky
- Tolstoi
- Turgenev
- Chekhov
- Andreyev
- Gorky
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", what is cousin Kirk Minor listening to on the phonograph when the main character returns?
Elegy, by Massenet, sung by Caruso
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", how old is the main character's cousin?
17 years old
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", the main character is visited by a very stylishly dressed young woman who talk glibly and smokes cigarettes nervously how much later?
a week later
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", what department does the young woman want the main character to join?
local propaganda department
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", how much per week does the propaganda department job pay?
50 dollars per week
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", what rank will the main character have if he joins the propaganda department?
first lieutenant
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", how much time later does Kirk Minor come into the main character's room with a morning paper?
2 months later
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", how many men have been killed and injured?
- one million killed
- two million injured
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", how much time passes before the main character receives a letter ordering him to appear at regimental headquarters?
5 days later
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", at what time must the main character appear at regimental headquarters?
8 in the morning
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", at what time does Mr. Covington come to the main character's room, where he is writing a short story?
11 minutes past 2 (2:11)
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", how many other men join Mr. Covington as he comes a second time?
4 other men
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", how many military policemen are in the hall?
two
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", how many large and expensive automobiles are downstairs?
two
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", of what committee is Mr. Covington chairman?
Committee for the Study of Cases of Desertion
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", for what district is Mr. Covington responsible?
47th district of San Francisco
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", what is the number/letter of the official letter?
247-Z
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", what color bundle of paper does the main character look down upon?
yellow
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", the main character is under arrest as what?
a deserter
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In William Sayoran's short story "Fight Your Own War", if Mr. Covington does not die, the main character may get off with how many years in the penitentiary?
20 years
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In William Sayoran's short story "The Shepherd's Daughter", it is the opinion of who that all men should labor?
grandmother
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In William Sayoran's short story "The Shepherd's Daughter", what job is the main character supposed to be?
writer
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In William Sayoran's short story "The Shepherd's Daughter", who was the king ruling over?
Persians
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In William Sayoran's short story "The Shepherd's Daughter", who did the king's son fall in love with?
shepherd's daughter
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In William Sayoran's short story "The Shepherd's Daughter", what skill does the king's son decide to obtain?
weaving straw rugs
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In William Sayoran's short story "The Shepherd's Daughter", at the end of how many days was the king's son making very fine straw rugs?
3 days
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In William Sayoran's short story "The Shepherd's Daughter", the king's son was walking through the streets of what one day?
Bagdad
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In William Sayoran's short story "The Shepherd's Daughter", how many days did it take the king's son to weave three straw rugs while he was imprisoned in large dungeon?
3 days
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In William Sayoran's short story "The Shepherd's Daughter", how many gold pieces of money did the king's son say the king would give for each rug?
100 gold pieces
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In William Sayoran's short story "The Shepherd's Daughter", what will the main character buy as soon as he's able?
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In William Sayoran's short story "The Shepherd's Daughter", what will the main character make?
- simple chair
- shelf for books
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