Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories? Put your knowledge to
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Q. What does Miss Amelia buy from a traveling salesman?
snake oil
a red dress
ice cream
paper roses
Q. How does the narrator describe Lymon's hands when he arrives?
"sparrow claws"
"children's mitts"
"graceful and long"
"pretty much what you'd expect"
Q. How does Mister Bilderbach want Frances to play The Harmonious Black Smith?
"like you mean it"
"really really loud"
"happy and simple"
"like Heime would"
Q. Whose singing seems to transcend the human voice?
The Twelve Mortal Men
Frances
Madonna
Elizabeth Bailey
Q. What does Cousin Lymon put in Miss Amelia's father's snuffbox?
a cricket
cocoa powder and sugar
the secret to immortal life
just a little whiskey for emergencies