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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 the diet of the yeti like in "Yeti Lovemaking"?
(a) Carniverous.
(b) They eat only oats.
(c) Primarily plant-based.
(d) They eat only one particular type of milkweed.

2. What does the narrator think makes her ex-boyfriend call her again in the story "Yeti Lovemaking"?
(a) Her mating call.
(b) A song he heard.
(c) The siren from the firehouse.
(d) A book he read.

3. What does Beatrice have trouble doing in the end of the story "G"?
(a) Singing.
(b) Getting on a plane.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Getting dressed.

4. When do Bonnie and Beatrice first meet in the story "G"?
(a) Middle school.
(b) High school.
(c) Elementary school.
(d) College.

5. What does Bonnie often criticize about Beatrice in the story "G"?
(a) Her intellect.
(b) Her apartment.
(c) Her family.
(d) Her body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first step in taking the drug G?

2. Where does the narrator follow Adam in "Oranges"?

3. How does Beatrice "escape" her mother in the story "G"?

4. In "Los Angeles," what do the ex-boyfriends do with the narrator's children?

5. In "Los Angeles," what does the house have a view of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the narrator follow in the story "Oranges"?

2. How old is the yeti in "Yeti Lovemaking"?

3. What does the narrator tell her daughter about what her children can have in "Los Angeles"?

4. What is the significance of the orange in "Oranges"?

5. What does the narrator in "Yeti Lovemaking" think the mating call she lets out precedes?

6. Why does it turn out that Bonnie wants her and Beatrice to take G one last time together?

7. Why does Beatrice eventually have a falling-out with Bonnie?

8. What does the yeti say he has to do all the time that is difficult in "Yeti Lovemaking"?

9. What can happen that is dangerous with G in terms of dosing in "G"?

10. How does Beth react to the narrator's intrusion in "Oranges"?

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