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Last Night – 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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Waldo
Novella by Robert Heinlein. When Earth’s power systems start to fail, engineers seek help from “Waldo”, an eccentric genius living as a recluse in a gravity-free home in orbit above the planet. With help from a little magic, he not only solves this but also makes three other important discoveries.
The Hospice
Novelette by Robert Aikman. A driver low on petrol is forced to spend the night at a strange, isolated hotel that treats its guests in very unusual ways. Was it all a dream? Delirium caused by an animal bite? Supernatural forces? Or did he die along the way?
The Doctor’s Word
Short Story by R. K. Narayan. A doctor renowned for telling patients the truth, even if the news is bad, must choose between telling a close friend he is dying and encouraging him to finalize his will, or lying to give him hope and a small chance of survival.
Death in the Woods
Short Story by Sherwood Anderson. A young boy narrates a tale about the sad life of an exploited, hard-working woman whose frozen body in the woods radiates a mystical beauty. An unsettling aspect is that the boy seems to have way too much information to make his backstory convincing.
My Lucy Friend Who Smells Like Corn
Quick Read by Sandra Cisneros. A young Chicano (USA born Mexican-American) girl describes her friendship with and desire to have a life more like another Chicano girl of her own age. She lives with her grandmother and envies her friend’s freedom, independence and large, close family.

Real Food
Short Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In Nigeria, the staple traditional dish is a type of flour known as garri. The unfortunate girl in the story feels sick when she eats meals made from it. Her educated mother is understanding; other relatives say she has abandoned her culture.
Teenage Wasteland
Short Story by Anne Tyler. In common with many teenagers, a boy struggles to cope with school and peer pressure, and deal with parental authority and expectations. An insecure, overbearing mother, disinterested father, and Svengali-like tutor with questionable motives ruin the life of the young man.
The Drover’s Wife
Short Story by Henry Lawson. A woman remembers the many hardships and few good times in her life as she sits up all night with only a dog to help protect her and her children from a deadly snake that has crawled under the broken floorboards of their house.
Battle Royal
Short Story by Ralph Ellison. A young African American is invited to repeat his high school graduation speech at a gathering of the town's leading white citizens. Upon arrival, he learns that he must first participate in a “battle royal”: a debauched, demeaning group fight event.
Tam and Cam
Vietnamese Folktale. Often labelled the “Vietnamese Cinderella”, the plot of this story continues after the protagonist becomes Queen. The poor girl is then killed twice, each time coming back to life in a different form. Fortunately, goodness wins out and the evil stepsister soon finds herself in hot water.