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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 is the narrator nervous about in "Nervous"?
(a) Everything, especially dealing with men.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Men.
(d) Driving.

2. What does the sign read in "The Interstate"?
(a) School Bus Stop.
(b) Authorized Vehicles Only.
(c) Slow, Children at Play.
(d) Speeding Fines Increased When Men Are Present.

3. Who is SHE in "Nervous"?
(a) A freind to her boyfriend.
(b) The narrator's alter ego.
(c) An enemy of the narrator's.
(d) A friend of the narrator's.

4. Who do the couple in "Animal Farm" still visit regularly.
(a) The old hotel.
(b) The old farm pets.
(c) The lake.
(d) Ma and Pa and their barn.

5. Who does Simone encounter in "Lust in a Bus Depot"?
(a) Wendy.
(b) Wendell.
(c) Walker.
(d) Wenders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Amber back after misdialing her previously in "Wrong Number"?

2. How has Simone changed since she last saw the person she encounters in "Lust in a Bus Depot"?

3. Where does Amber have dinner with the person who misdials her?

4. In "The Seduction" what does the boyfriend find upon arriving at his invitation?

5. What is the result of the narrator and the piano player's encounter in "Harlem Blues"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Seduction" where does the narrator seduce her boyfriend into going and how?

2. What does the author of "If You Were Here Right Now" tell her addressee?

3. Describe what happens to Mira before she marries her husband in "The Bachelorette Party".

4. How does "The Airport" end?

5. What happens as result of the narrator and her boyfriend's first intimate experience in "The Seduction"?

6. Why is it so easy for the narrator of "Harlem Blues" to sing the blues?

7. Describe the setting of "The Diary".

8. How do Bridget and Drake solve their problems in "A Time For Change"?

9. What is Amber's living situation in "Wrong Number"?

10. Describe the narrator in "Lust in a Bust Depot".

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