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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group of people does the wife in "The Used-Boys Raisers" believe were put on earth to be "a thorn in the side of mankind"?
(a) Jews.
(b) African.
(c) Catholics.
(d) Hippies.

2. What is streaked on Jancy's car after the accident, which makes her think about her father?
(a) Feces.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Blood.
(d) Fur.

3. How does the monkey die in the story "Letters from the Samantha"?
(a) It dies from old age aboard the ship.
(b) It is poisoned by the crew.
(c) The captain strangles it.
(d) It leaps overboard and drowns.

4. What animal does Jancy hit with her car on her drive to visit with her boyfriend?
(a) A deer.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A bird.
(d) A squirrel.

5. In the story "Ile Forest," what does Gil do for a living?
(a) He is a lawyer.
(b) He is a doctor.
(c) He is a farmer.
(d) He is a teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does David carry his father on his back after accidentally shooting him in the leg?

2. Why is the narrator of the story "Dream Children" considered uninteresting and melancholy?

3. Which of the following is NOT something Ozzy makes the spectators admit while standing on the roof?

4. What fierce storm tore up the land, causing the monkey to become adrift in the story "Letters from the Samantha"?

5. What type of books most interest the narrator in the story "Dream Children"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Sam's ex-wives walk out on him in the story "The Wedding"?

2. What strains threaten to ruin the marriage of Leroy Moffitt and Norma Jean in the story "Shiloh"?

3. What happens to Jancy on her drive to visit with her boyfriend in the story "The Heavenly Animal"?

4. What type of relationship does the narrator have with her dead son in the story "Dream Children"?

5. How does David Hawthorne die in the story "Redemption," and what is his family's reaction?

6. How does the monkey die in the story "Letters from the Samantha"?

7. How is the narrator viewed by the townsfolk in the story "Dream Children"?

8. Why doesn't the grandmother want to go on vacation with her family in the story "A Good Man is Hard to Find"?

9. How does the grandmother react when face-to-face with the killer she read about in the newspapers?

10. What type of obsessions affect the narrator's family in "The Lover of Horses"?

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