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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. Who stands up for Willi Varig when he is too drunk to address the audience at the convention he had been hired to speak at?
(a) Emily's daughter.
(b) Emily's boss.
(c) No one stands up for Willi.
(d) Emily.

2. What possession does the narrator in the story "1/3, 1/3, 1/3" have that is tantalizing to his neighbor woman?
(a) A typewriter.
(b) A clothes iron.
(c) A bathtub.
(d) A tractor.

3. When Sarah goes missing in the story "Weekend," how does Julie search for her?
(a) On foot.
(b) In a car.
(c) On a bicycle.
(d) On horseback.

4. How does Sean react when he gets stuck in the elevator with the young man?
(a) He becomes aggressive.
(b) He begins weeping.
(c) He remains calm.
(d) He panics.

5. What reason is Pendleton given for the gypsy's disappearance from town?
(a) He is a spirit.
(b) He is a drifter.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He is a drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a way that Louise reacts when she begins to gain weight during her pregnancy?

2. How are Earl and Edna related?

3. What prompts the gypsy man to raise his head and shout a war cry in the story, "The Fisherman from Chihuahua"?

4. What is the nationality of the authors in this collection?

5. What does Carlyle do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Daniel aggressively attack Noel in the story "The Amish Farmer"?

2. What pleasant memory does the young girl from the story "Verona" have about her father from her childhood?

3. What memory does Sean have of his father from when he was a 6 year old boy in the story "Midair"?

4. Who is Push in the story "A Poetic for Bullies," and who is his sidekick?

5. What types of authors did Jenks and Carver seek to publish in this short story collection?

6. What reason does Raymond Carver give about why he wanted to compose this collection of short stories?

7. How does Willie's father react when Willi tells him what he witnessed in the barn?

8. Why doesn't Push like John Williams, and what does he do about it?

9. How does Pendleton react to the newcomer in his restaurant in the story "The Fisherman From Chihuahua"?

10. Why does Vance tell the story of "The Amish Farmer" to his high school English class?

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