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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. How does the young boy die in the story "Murderers"?
(a) He is accidentally shot.
(b) He is attacked by a dog.
(c) He falls off the roof.
(d) He is hit by a train.

2. Where does the young woman work in "The Story of a Scar"?
(a) At a post office.
(b) At a baseball field.
(c) At a doctor's office.
(d) At a restaurant.

3. How does Jack Hawthorne accidentally kill his brother in the story "Redemption"?
(a) He strangles him with a garden hose.
(b) He suffocates him with a pillow.
(c) He runs him over with a tractor.
(d) He poisons him with lead paint.

4. Which of the following is NOT an obsession that plagues the narrator's family in the story "The Lover of Horses"?
(a) Car racing.
(b) Music.
(c) Card playing.
(d) Languages.

5. Which of Jancy's possessions is her father obsessed with in the story "The Heavenly Animal"?
(a) Her books.
(b) Her jewelry.
(c) Her car.
(d) Her motorcycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leo Finkle hire Pinye Salzman to help him do?

2. In the story "The Misfits," what does Gay Langland do for a living?

3. How old is the narrator's father when he becomes ill in "The Lover of Horses"?

4. Which of the boys is most troubled by the events leading up to the death in the story "Murderers" and thinks about the events during the whole time at camp?

5. How many ducks do the fisherman and his boys shoot during their first attempt on their trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the fisherman die in the story "The Ledge"?

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

3. How does a monkey end up aboard ship 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. How is the narrator viewed by the townsfolk in the story "Dream Children"?

6. What instrument does Jack Hawthorne learn to play in the story "Redemption," and why?

7. What strains threaten to ruin the marriage of Leroy Moffitt and Norma Jean in the story "Shiloh"?

8. What happens to Jancy on her drive to visit with her boyfriend in the story "The Heavenly Animal"?

9. What type of obsessions affect the narrator's family in "The Lover of Horses"?

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

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