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Misery – 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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Come Rain or Come Shine
Novelette by Kazuo Ishiguro. A farcical comedy about man trying to save his stagnating marriage by manipulating an “unsuccessful” mutual friend into providing company for his wife while he is away on business. He hopes the contrast will make his wife appreciate him more, but things take a hilarious turn.
The Budget
Short Story by Mario Benedetti. A small Uruguayan government Office has operated within the same annual budget for decades. When its financially struggling staff hear rumours of an imminent budget increase, they go into debt and splurge on luxuries. A year later, they are still waiting news of its approval.
My Father Goes to Court
Short Story by Carlos Bulosan. A rich man files a legal complaint against his poor neighbors for standing outside his house and enjoying the aroma of his food. The poor family’s father goes to court and comes up with a novel approach to win the case.
Carmilla
Novella by Sheridan Le Fanu. A vampire seems to have a taste for blue blood. Peasant victims die quickly; two young aristocratic women enjoy her seductive company for longer. An unanswered question: Does Carmilla have something else, such as spending eternity together, in mind for them?
The Blue Jar
Quick Read by Isak Dinesen. A sailor and the daughter of an art-collecting nobleman become lovers during a nine-day ordeal in a lifeboat. The nobleman pays the sailor to return to sea, and spends the rest of her life sailing the world, ostensibly seeking a uniquely colored Chinese porcelain jar.

That in Aleppo Once…
Short Story by Vladimir Nabokov. A Frenchman writes about his marriage to a much younger woman who may have only married him to escape the German occupation. His wife’s lies, deceit and probable adultery cause him to question not only her existence, but also whether life is worth living.
Blue
Grade 7-8 Story by Francesca Lia Block. A girl abandoned by her mother finds temporary comfort in stories about how much her mother loved her told by an imaginary creature living in her closet. A class assignment to “write about someone we love” helps her face the loss.
Cell One
Short Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. A spoiled teen is too weak-willed to resist imitating the petty thefts of his peers, yet so cowardly that the only person he steals from is his mother. His life changes when he is brutally punished and “disappeared” under the so-called Nigerian justice system.
Snapshots of a Wedding
Short Story by Bessie Head. A lot of the traditional courtesies are missing at this “modern” Botswanan wedding and most of the guests are wondering if the groom, who is “rich in cattle and loved and respected by all who knew him”, has made the right choice for a bride.
Click-Clack the Rattlebag
Grade 7-8 Story by Neil Gaiman. A campfire-style horror story about Click-Clacks, “the best monsters ever” that come from the dark when you don’t pay attention. We are left to ponder how the narrator, who was spending time with his girlfriend’s younger brother, is still around to tell the tale.