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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does the narrator of "A Full Service Shelter" clean cages?
(a) 2 nights a week.
(b) Every other day.
(c) Saturdays.
(d) 2 afternoons a week.

2. In "The Orphan Lamb," where does the carver wipe the blood?
(a) A rag.
(b) The grass.
(c) His jacket.
(d) His pants.

3. What type of disinfectant does the narrator of "A Full Service Shelter" use to clean cages and walls?
(a) Formaldehyde.
(b) Trifectant.
(c) Phenol.
(d) Iodophors.

4. In what position are the curtains in the apartment in "Fort Bedd"?
(a) Half open.
(b) Stuffed up in the curtain rod.
(c) Closed.
(d) Tied back.

5. In "Sing to It," what does the man want the narrator to make from her hands?
(a) Hammock.
(b) Fountain.
(c) Cup.
(d) Tree.

6. When do the narrator and others feed the death-row dogs in "A Full Service Shelter"?
(a) Early evening.
(b) Early in the morning.
(c) Mid-afternoon.
(d) When they are awake.

7. How many police cars show up when Syd, the narrator, and others have to leave the theater, in "I Stay with Syd"?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

8. Where do the narrator and Syd decide to ride out the storm in "I Stay with Syd"?
(a) Movie theatre.
(b) Basement.
(c) Boat house.
(d) Pizza place.

9. In "The Chicane," how old was Lauryn when she got pregnant?
(a) 25.
(b) 27.
(c) 21.
(d) 24.

10. When is the only time the narrator of "A Full Service Shelter" wears latex gloves or scrubs?
(a) When she has to feel for something in feces.
(b) When she grooms a dog.
(c) When she handles the dogs in the sick ward.
(d) When she bathes a dog.

11. What is Evelyne's occupation?
(a) Mortician.
(b) Librarian.
(c) Chef.
(d) Pediatrician.

12. When did four black students wait to be served at a Woolworth's five-and-ten?
(a) August 1959.
(b) December 1959.
(c) March 1960.
(d) February 1960.

13. In "The Chicane," How did Lauryn and Macario meet ?
(a) Racing.
(b) At a bank.
(c) Soccer.
(d) On the beach.

14. Why do Syd, the narrator, and everyone else have to leave the theater in in "I Stay with Syd"?
(a) Bomb threat.
(b) Power goes out.
(c) The roof springs a leak.
(d) Storm worsens.

15. Where does the narrator of "Greed" find an apple core after she throws it it into pachysandra?
(a) In her kitchen.
(b) Front steps.
(c) At the bottom of her front sidewalk.
(d) Inside a screen door.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Mrs. Greed been married?

2. Where is the film shown that the narrator wants to see in "The Chicane"?

3. What do the narrator and others put on the pillows of the death-row dogs in "A Full Service Shelter"?

4. What time does the narrator of "A Full Service Shelter" clean cages?

5. in "Doll Tornado," where does a tornado of dolls touch down?

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