That Evening Sun Go Down – Quiz

That Evening Sun Go Down – General Understanding Quiz

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Approximate Reading Times

Quick Read: under 5 minutes
Short Story: 5 to 30 minutes
Novelette: 30 to 90 minutes
Novella: 1.5 to 2.5 hours

Slaughter House
Novelette by Richard Matheson. A classic, chilling ghost story in which two brothers, whose described relationship suggests a little more than brotherly love, fall for the lustful ghost of a young woman that enchants, has its way with, and then tries to kill them. Only one of the three survives!
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Short Story by Raymond Carver. Two couples discuss ‘love’ over drinks. They are far from experts; each member has experienced a failed marriage. None of them can define love, but they do manage to give examples of what it is and isn’t, and what can go wrong when it ends.
Cleansing Monday
Short Story by Ivan Bunin. A young Russian man deeply in love suffers through a long, frustrating relationship. She has no interest in marrying and rejects all attempts at sexual contact. To his surprise, one “Clean Monday” she gives herself to him. That evening, she leaves his life forever.
Barcelona
Quick Read by Alice Adams. As a wealthy-looking American couple walk through the darkened streets of Barcelona, a thief grabs the woman’s purse and flees. The husband gives chase and recovers it, but appears strangely disappointed when his wife tells him that the bag contains nothing of value.
Recitatif
Novelette by Toni Morrison. Two eight-year-old girls of different race meet and become friends in a children’s shelter. In addition to conflicts that arise as they become reacquainted at various stages of their lives, both remain haunted by an event that took place at the shelter.
I Could See the Smallest Things
Quick Read by Raymond Carver. A woman’s encounter with a neighbour tending his garden in the middle of the night highlights the differences in their lives. He has moved on from problems in his life, while she and her husband live alienated, unsatisfying lives, too afraid to embrace change.
Tobermory
Short Story by Saki. A scientist attending an upper-class house-party amazes fellow guests by teaching Tobermory, the family house-cat, to speak perfect English. However, their wonder soon turns to anger at some household secrets Tobermory begins to share. This seals Tobermory’s fate. He knows too much and must be silenced!
Midsummer
Short Story by Manuel E. Arguilla. A Filipino man has an innocent but sexually charged encounter with a young woman on her way to collect water. Although the tone of their conversation is shy and awkward, he is soon ready to follow her to the ends of the world.
You’re Ugly, Too
Novelette by Lorrie Moore. A small-town college professor’s efforts to forge relationships without being a “Heidi” have achieved the opposite. An offensive, misogynistic “big city” blind date confirms her misgivings about marriage, and a medical scare brings into focus what she sees as the futility of her life.
The Gold-legged Frog
Short Story by Lao Khamhom. A Thai farmer must leave his dying son in the hands of faith-healers and herbalists to grovel in front of local officials for a 200 baht government handout. He gets the money but, contrary to what other villagers say, it’s not his lucky day.
The Blind Men and the Elephant
Grade 3-4 Story by James Baldwin. Six blind men come across an elephant. They ask the elephant’s carer if they could ‘see’ what it looks like by using their sense of touch. At the end of the story, the blind men are arguing fiercely about what the elephant looks like.
The Three Sillies
English Folktale. A rich young man finds that the woman he loves and her family are not very clever. He decides that he will only marry the girl if he can find three people sillier than they are. Needless to say, it doesn’t take him long to find them.
Wedding Night
Quick Read by Sait Faik Abasıyanık. A Turkish father belatedly registers the birth of his sixteen-year-old son so he can get married. Fortunately, the boy looks much older than he is. He must be registered as being twenty-four because his bride, who he has never seen, is twenty-six!
The Grandfather and the Python
Grade 3-4 Story by Ruskin Bond. On a whim, the narrator’s grandfather buys a python at a bazaar and brings it home. The python falls in love with its own reflection and, when grandmother says it must go, the snake’s vanity assists in its capture and release into the jungle.