Don’t worry if you can’t figure them out right away — some riddles are tricky on purpose! So go ahead, give them a shot, and see if you can solve them all. And if not, don’t worry ...

Tillie Olsen, the San Franciscan whose short story "Tell Me a Riddle" won the 1961 O. Henry prize, is of a later generation of writers. She was too young during the Depression to view the people ...