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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 Dr. Parcival tell George he is afraid of?
(a) Being killed.
(b) Sick people.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Losing his mind.

2. What does Dr. Parcival tell George he does for a living?
(a) Professional thief.
(b) Weatherman.
(c) Newspaper reporter.
(d) He doesn't have to work before this.

3. Where does Louise tell George to wait?
(a) By the picket fence.
(b) By William's barn.
(c) Behind the saloon.
(d) In the potato patch.

4. How does the town feel about Joe and Sarah?
(a) They are in awe of it.
(b) They are repelled by it.
(c) They try to break them up.
(d) They are indifferent to it.

5. How old is Wing at the end of this story?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is David Hardy when he comes to Jesse's farm?

2. Where does George find Louise when he decides to answer her letter?

3. Why does Jesse place blame on his dead brothers?

4. What does Joe do for a living?

5. How long has Dr. Reefy worn the same clothes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does George go to Belle's house?

2. What annoys George as he waits for Louise in the story "Nobody Knows"?

3. In the story "Mother", what are Elizabeth's hopes and dreams for George?

4. What does the drunken stranger say about women and love to Tom and Tandy?

5. What are the paper pills?

6. According to the writer, what makes people grotesque?

7. What does Tom fear about his life in the story "Mother"?

8. What does Dr. Parcival tell George about his book?

9. What happens to Ray and his emotions when he is out buying groceries?

10. How does the writer come up with "The Book of the Grotesque"?

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