Question
In a story, a couple is repeatedly subjected to these events by a man who, when confronted, says that “I’m not an evil man, I don't think. Not evil, like you said” during one of these events, and gives them hot cinnamon rolls. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this type of event referenced in the title of another story whose narrator recalls the plot of Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” while contemplating what to say to his wife and his girlfriend.
ANSWER: a telephone call [accept synonyms like telephone conversation; accept “Where I’m Calling From”]
[10e] “A Small, Good Thing” and “Where I’m Calling From” are by this author of the story collection Cathedral.
ANSWER: Raymond Carver
[10m] A woman waits for a call from a man who calls her “darling” twice in this author’s story “A Telephone Call.” The alcoholic Hazel Morse survives an overdose in this author’s story “Big Blonde.”
ANSWER: Dorothy Parker
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