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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Correct Grip," what does a friend tell the narrator happened to her?
(a) Got hit by a car.
(b) Fell on a tree root and broke her ankle.
(c) Got hit by a bus.
(d) Tripped down the stairs and broke a toe.

2. In "The Correct Grip," what phone number does the narrator give the wife of her attacker?
(a) Number of a psychiatrist.
(b) Number of a women's shelter.
(c) Number of a police sergeant who handled the case.
(d) Number of a mental health crisis center.

3. What does Lois suffer from, in "Cloudland"?
(a) Dementia.
(b) Parkinson's.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Alzheimer's.

4. In "Cloudland," what is the narrator going to pick tomorrow?
(a) Apricots.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Kumquats.
(d) Grapefruit.

5. In "Moonbow," what does the narrator call the bear?
(a) Sparky.
(b) Hunter.
(c) Logan.
(d) Snowy.

6. In the quote at the beginning of "Cloudland," where are the children?
(a) Maple.
(b) Pear tree.
(c) Cherry tree.
(d) Apple tree.

7. Where was the narrator's friend hurt, in "The Correct Grip"?
(a) Woods near her house.
(b) Busy street.
(c) At a shopping mall.
(d) In her house.

8. In "Equivalent," how often does the seller arrive unannounced to pick up something he left behind?
(a) About 6 weeks.
(b) Every other month.
(c) Every couple of months.
(d) About 4 weeks.

9. What is the narrator's favorite type of apple, in "Cloudland"?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Macoun.
(c) Granny Smith.
(d) McIntosh.

10. What percent of banana spiders are poisonous, according to "Cloudland"?
(a) 33.
(b) 67.
(c) 52.
(d) 21.

11. In "Cloudland," when the narrator was in Maine, what was a young girl taking a picture of?
(a) Ducks.
(b) Mallards.
(c) Geese.
(d) Chickens.

12. In "Moonbow," when did the narrator's other dog die?
(a) 3 weeks ago.
(b) 2 weeks ago.
(c) Three month before.
(d) Two months ago.

13. In "Cloudland," how many boxes of Girl Scout cookies does the narrator buy?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

14. In stories that the narrator remembers in "Cloudland," how long has a woman been known to be carrying a calcified fetus?
(a) Upward of 30 years.
(b) About 20 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 19 years.

15. In "Cloudland," how many daughters does the city attorney and his wie adopt?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Cloudland," what does the narrator see a girl wearing a turtleneck shirt doing on her lawn?

2. What crime does the narrator remember a man she dated was incarcerated for in "Cloudland"?

3. What did the narrator's attacker threaten her with, in "The Correct Grip"?

4. What was the narrator of "Cloudland" doing when she noticed a girl wearing a turtleneck who was sitting on the lawn of her house?

5. In "Cloudland," how does the narrator say that a woman from the home for unwed mothers found her?

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