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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 does Georgie hit when he is driving around with the narrator after their shifts?
(a) A pregnant rabbit.
(b) A deer.
(c) A truck.
(d) A cow.

2. In River of Names, who is the narrator's lover?
(a) Marie.
(b) Jesse.
(c) Bill.
(d) Thom.

3. Where do Irene and the children move when they leave Flagstaff?
(a) Atlanta, Georgia.
(b) Miami, Florida.
(c) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(d) Nashville, Tennessee.

4. In the story Girl, why does the speaker say not to pick other people's flowers?
(a) You might catch something.
(b) You might get stung by a bee.
(c) You might be seen.
(d) You might get in trouble with the police.

5. What instructions does the speaker give in The Girl about eating?
(a) Eat so that you get the most food.
(b) Eat quickly so as to resume your duties.
(c) Eat alone so as to have some quiet time.
(d) Eat so that no one around you is disgusted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hattie Benedict move after the blizzard?

2. What does Ad Magic have in his mouth when the bus crashes?

3. In the story The First Day, what time does the mother tell her daughter she will pick her up?

4. To whom was Robert married?

5. What does Bryan tell his father to do with the picture he has drawn?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the story Wickedness, what happens in Nebraska on the twelfth of January, 1888? How does this affect the townspeople?

2. In the story Rock Springs, how do Edna, Cheryl and the narrator end up in Rock Springs?

3. How does the narrator of Testimony of Pilot lose his hearing?

4. Who is Hattie Benedict in Wickedness, and how does she survive the blizzard?

5. How does the woman in The Darling meet Lenny?

6. In The Fat Girl, what is the secret that follows Louise from high school to college?

7. Who is speaking in Girl, and to who is she directing her instructions?

8. Who does the mother in the story The First Day ask the woman at Walker Jones School and why?

9. In the story Minor Heroism, who is Bryan, and what about him bothers his father?

10. In the story All the Way in Flagstaff, Arizona, what does Walter keep hidden in the wheel well of the spare tire in the car? Why?

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