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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator in "We Get Along" feel about his father's death?
(a) He is at peace with it.
(b) He is ambivalent.
(c) He is secretly happy.
(d) He is devastated.

2. What business are the narrator's parents in in "We Get Along"?
(a) Apartment rental
(b) Service station
(c) Housecleaning
(d) Pest control

3. What magazine does the narrator of "Parade" appear in?
(a) The National Inquirer
(b) Cosmopolitan
(c) People
(d) Vogue

4. Who does the narrator of "Music for Lovers" picture attending his imaginary nightclub act?
(a) A famous record executive
(b) His daughter, Dawn
(c) His ex-wife, Carol
(d) Anita O'Day

5. In "My Manuscript", what shocked Chad's father about the student priest's appearance when he arrived home from school one day?
(a) He was wearing makeup.
(b) He was wearing a dress.
(c) He had shaved his head.
(d) He had no pants on.

6. What does the narrator of "Music for Lovers" think the source of his daughter's headaches is?
(a) Her amputated feet
(b) Her wisdom teeth
(c) Her new boyfriend
(d) The music she listens to

7. What word makes Chad's grandmother fall to her feet praying in "My Manuscript"?
(a) Homosexual
(b) Sin
(c) Guitar
(d) Priest

8. Why does Margery attend AA meetings in "We Get Along"?
(a) Her sister is an alcoholic.
(b) She is an alcoholic.
(c) Her husband is an alcoholic.
(d) She picks up men at the meetings.

9. What is found in the bathroom of a Sunoco station in "Firestone"?
(a) A baby boy
(b) A baby girl
(c) Clothing
(d) A large sum of money

10. How does Melinda Delvecchio act towards Glen in "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter"?
(a) She overcompensates for her hatred of Glen.
(b) She is standoffish and rude.
(c) She is overly friendly and flirtatious.
(d) She is extremely homophobic.

11. How does Chad's father "punish" him for quitting guitar lessons in "My Manuscript"?
(a) He makes him teach himself to play the guitar using instructional records.
(b) He gives his expensive guitar away to a more deserving child.
(c) He locks him in his room for days.
(d) He forces him to go to guitar class every day.

12. What does the narrator of "Music for Lovers" have "an impressive collection" of?
(a) Tapes
(b) Movies
(c) Sewing supplies
(d) Music

13. How does the narrator of "Parade" think people who have never met him feel about him?
(a) They are dying to get to know him.
(b) They detest him.
(c) They love him.
(d) They want to know him because he will love them too much.

14. Why is Taylor given many of the narrator's job duties in "Firestone"?
(a) Taylor is more qualified.
(b) The manager likes Taylor better than the narrator.
(c) The narrator is incapable of performing the duties.
(d) Taylor claims he has a child to support.

15. Which of the following is NOT one of Annette's unique physical traits in "The Last You'll Hear From Me"?
(a) She is overweight.
(b) She is balding.
(c) She has two gray teeth.
(d) She has only 4 fingers on her left hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chad's father buy him for Christmas in "My Manuscript"?

2. How does the narrator's father die in "We Get Along"?

3. How do Annette and Randy spend their time together according to the narrator of "The Last You'll Hear From Me"?

4. What genre is "The Last You'll Hear from Me"?

5. Why was Don fired from his job at a cafeteria in "Don's Story"?

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