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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 animal does Jancy hit with her car on her drive to visit with her boyfriend?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A bird.
(c) A deer.
(d) A squirrel.

2. What color are the monkey's eyes in the story "Letters from the Samantha"?
(a) Pink.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

3. How often did the narrator's father lose money when he was gambling in "The Lover of Horses"?
(a) Always.
(b) Never.
(c) Frequently.
(d) Rarely.

4. Where does Billy stab the young woman, causing a terrible scar?
(a) Her arms.
(b) Her stomach.
(c) Her back.
(d) Her face.

5. How many of the threesome survive the fishing trip in the story "The Ledge"?
(a) All.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the townsfolk in the story "Dream Children" think the narrator does recklessly?

2. In "Murderers," whose house do the young boys snoop in"?

3. Who does the narrator of the story "Dream Children" claim to meet with during her times of travel?

4. How does Jack Hawthorne accidentally kill his brother in the story "Redemption"?

5. What animal attacks David while he is going for a drink of water at the lake?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What lie did James tell his fellow bus riders in the story "The Liar"?

5. What does Ozzy demand of his spectators in the story "The Conversation of the Jews"?

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

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

8. Why does the rabbi call the young boys "Murderers!" in the story of the same name?

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

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