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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. In "Wild Plums" who asks the young girl to go pluming?
(a) The Slump family.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Teresa.

2. In "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin," what happens to Richard?
(a) He goes crazy.
(b) He becomes a priest.
(c) He dies.
(d) He marries the sister.

3. In "The Killers" who goes to warn Ole that people want to kill him?
(a) Bill Withers.
(b) Nick Adams.
(c) George Proxy.
(d) Sam Smadgen.

4. In "The Country Husband" what event happens at the beginning of the story?
(a) A plane crashes.
(b) A house burns down.
(c) Someone dies.
(d) Two people get married.

5. Who wrote "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin"?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Tennessee Williams.
(c) Bob Hope.
(d) Augusten Burroughs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Theft" what reason does the thief give for stealing?

2. In "The Other Woman" where does the other woman work?

3. In "Wild Plums" what does the narrator's mother say wild plums taste like?

4. In "That in Aleppo Once..." whom does the narrator find on the boat?

5. Who wrote "Wild Plums"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Country Husband" how does Julia make herself happy?

2. In "The Second Tree from the Corner," what are Mr. Trexler's bizarre thoughts?

3. In "Christmas Gift" why do you suppose the father stopped complaining about the half-sister staying with the family?

4. Why do you think the author chose to have a narrator listening to a friend tell a story in "The Other Woman"?

5. In "My Dead Brother comes to America," why do the authorities hesitate to let the family off the ship?

6. Compare and contrast the janitress and the young woman in "Theft."

7. In "My Dead Brother Comes to America," what does the father do to show he cares for his family?

8. Describe the marriage between Julia and Francis in "The Country Husband."

9. In "Wild Plums" why did the young girl want to pick plums?

10. Why do you think the murderers in "The Killers" belittle the restaurant patrons and take them hostage? Was this necessary?

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