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Mr Know-All – 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

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The Other
Short Story by Jorge Borges. A younger man sits beside an aging teacher on a riverside bench. As they talk, the teacher realizes that the younger man is himself at an earlier age. An 'impossible' date on an American banknote convinces the skeptical young man that this is true.
A Game of Cards
Short Story by Witi Ihimaera. A Maori university student’s visit with his dying grandmother highlights some important aspects of his people’s approach to family, community and mortality. It also exposes the need for the educated younger generation to step up and take the lead in preserving their cultural heritage.
At Dead Dingo
Quick Read by Henry Lawson. There are three customers in an Australian outback pub. Two are playing cards, the other is sleeping off a hangover. When one of the card players loses all his money, he bets a sheepdog. The question later comes up: was it really his dog?
Poonek
Short Story by Lim Beng Hap. When a Malaysian father offers his beautiful daughter to a young man in marriage, he initially declines. The belief among his people is that the refusal makes him “Poonek” (likely to suffer a disaster), and he soon has a warning encounter with a crocodile.
Tiny, Smiling Daddy
Short Story by Mary Gaitskill. A father reflects on the past after learning that his daughter has written a magazine article about their relationship following her “coming out” as lesbian. The disconnection caused by his cruel, homophobic reaction forces him to assess his performance as a father.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Novella by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn. A fictional account of life in a former Soviet Gulag (forced labor camp). The system is designed to break inmates through a combination of harsh conditions, brutality and absurd rules. Some survive with dignity, others through theft, scavenging, and snitching. Many don’t survive.
An Uncomfortable Bed
Quick Read by Guy de Moupassant. A man holidaying with friends becomes suspicious when they seem more jovial than usual one evening. They often play practical jokes on one another, but he doesn’t find anything in his room, The next day, they all have a good laugh at his expense.
A City of Churches
Quick Read by Donald Barthelme. Every building in Prester is a church of some kind. A woman talks to a realtor about moving there to open a car rental business. When told that nobody in the city rents cars, she decides to leave. The realtor has other ideas.
Scout’s Honor
Grade 5-6 Story by Avi. Three bumbling friends demonstrate how not to go about passing a Boy Scout camping test. The story is set in the 1940s. If three nine year-olds were to set off as poorly prepared as they were these days, the ending probably wouldn’t be as happy.
Last Day at School
Quick Read by Giovanni Mosca. A teacher describes his feelings on the last day of a school year. Grades have been sent home and the long holiday is about to begin. For him, it is an especially memorable day. He is leaving teaching and moving on to a different career.