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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 is streaked on Jancy's car after the accident, which makes her think about her father?
(a) Fur.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Feces.
(d) Blood.

2. In "The Ledge," which of the following adjectives would the wife use to describe her husband?
(a) Gruff.
(b) Kind.
(c) Boring.
(d) Cheap.

3. In the story "Akhnilo," how many words does Eddie Fenn believe he can hear being whispered in the wind?
(a) 8 words.
(b) 6 words.
(c) 2 words.
(d) 4 words.

4. What is the name of the river on which the Cove is situation in the story "Water Liars"?
(a) Yazoo River.
(b) Kazoo River.
(c) Wazoo River.
(d) Zazoo River.

5. In "The Christian Roommates," which of the following facts about Henry is NOT true in the story?
(a) He is a mediocre student.
(b) He is an artist with a spinning wheel.
(c) He is an atheist.
(d) He is a vegetarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy Crawford do for a living in "The Story of a Scar"?

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

3. What type of books most interest the narrator in the story "Dream Children"?

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

5. What is the name of the cove to where the narrator escapes in the story "Water Liars"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens when the monkey goes wild aboard the ship in the story "Letters from the Samantha"?

8. How does a monkey end up aboard ship in the story "Letters from the Samantha"?

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

10. How is the narrator viewed by the townsfolk in the story "Dream Children"?

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