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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. Why does Ginnie need money before Monday?
(a) She is going to the movies.
(b) She is going to buy tennis balls.
(c) She is going to pay back her father.
(d) She is going to buy a new rackett.

2. Where does Selena's brother meet Ginnie's sister?
(a) At a Christmas party.
(b) In the park.
(c) At prom.
(d) At school.

3. How does Walt die?
(a) Old age.
(b) In a car accident.
(c) A stove explodes.
(d) In combat.

4. What time of year is the story, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, set?
(a) Spring.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

5. Who kidnaps The Laughing Man?
(a) Chinese bandits.
(b) Chinese police.
(c) The Chief.
(d) The Comanches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cuts their finger in the story, Just Before the War with the Eskimos?

2. What does Seymour wear to the beach?

3. What needs $400 to be repaired?

4. Who is Lew?

5. How does Ginnie describe Selena's living room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Franklin do to make Ginnie look at him in a positive light?

2. Why aren't there any men 'seen' in the story, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut?

3. What indications does the reader have in the beginning of the story, Just Before the War with the Eskimos, that it is about a wealthy group of people?

4. Why is the setting appropriate for the story, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut?

5. What does the floating red tissue represent in The Laughing Man?

6. Why is the reader uncertain whether Seymour is going to shoot himself, Muriel or both when he grabs the pistol out of the suitcase?

7. What can the reader like about a character like Muriel?

8. What happens with Seymour and the trees?

9. What leads the reader to believe that tension is building throughout the story?

10. Why are Mary Jane and Eloise good friends for each other?

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