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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 Leo Finkle hire Pinye Salzman to help him do?
(a) Find a job.
(b) Build a house.
(c) Investigate a crime.
(d) Find a wife.

2. What does the narrator's husband in the story "Dream Children" do for a living?
(a) He is an actor.
(b) He is a director.
(c) He is a producer.
(d) He is a choreographer.

3. What color is the fur the monkey covered with in "Letters from the Samantha"?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

4. With whom is the narrator having problems at the time he escapes to the cove in "Water Liars"?
(a) His neighbor.
(b) His boss.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife.

5. What does Norma Jean do, that gives the reader hope that she and Leroy may mend their relationship and end up together?
(a) She waves to Leroy.
(b) She smiles at Leroy.
(c) She sends Leroy flowers.
(d) She blows Leroy a kiss.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away does the fisherman guesstimate his boat is when he realizes it floated away from their ledge?

2. How did Norma Jean and Leroy's baby die?

3. How many members of the family are killed by the killer in the story "A Good Man is Hard to Find"?

4. In the story "The Liar," in what country does James say he works with young children?

5. What is the name of the river on which the Cove is situation in the story "Water Liars"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't the grandmother want to go on vacation with her family in the story "A Good Man is Hard to Find"?

2. How does David Hawthorne die in the story "Redemption," and what is his family's reaction?

3. How does the monkey die in the story "Letters from the Samantha"?

4. What stories do the old men from the cove tell the narrator in the story "Water Liars"?

5. Why don't roommates Henry and Osmond get along in the story "The Christian Roommates"?

6. What happens after David accidentally shoots his father in the leg in the story "Walking Out"?

7. How does the grandmother react when face-to-face with the killer she read about in the newspapers?

8. Who is Arnold Friend in the story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

9. What type of relationship does the narrator have with her dead son in the story "Dream Children"?

10. How does the narrator react when her father falls ill in "The Lover of Horses"?

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