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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 does the narrator's ex-boyfriend implore her not to do in the end of "Yeti Lovemaking"?
(a) Dance.
(b) Get married.
(c) Hang up.
(d) Eat.

2. What is unique about the name for yeti lovemaking in the story of the same title?
(a) It is very common.
(b) It is accepted only in Nepal.
(c) It is forbidden.
(d) There is no phonetic translation.

3. What is Adam's favorite fruit in "Oranges"?
(a) Cherries.
(b) Apples.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Bananas.

4. Why does Bonnie like G at first?
(a) It makes her smarter.
(b) It clears her skin.
(c) It helps her lose weight.
(d) It calms her down.

5. What did Adam tell the narrator he currently worked doing in "Oranges" the last time she saw him?
(a) He worked as a landscaper.
(b) He worked for a dog-care company.
(c) He worked as a cop.
(d) He worked for an electrician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Adam used to do often when he was in trouble in "Oranges"?

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

3. In "Los Angeles," where do the ex-boyfriends live?

4. What does Beatrice ask for Bonnie's help with at the end of the story "G"?

5. Who contacts the narrator in "Oranges" to ask about Adam?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator think Adam looks at the end of the story "Oranges"?

2. Why is Beatrice especially worried about having traces of G in her system the night she and Bonnie take it together?

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

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

5. How does the narrator's husband speak in "Los Angeles"?

6. What do the narrator's ex-boyfriends do for her children in "Los Angeles"?

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

8. Why do the police come to the narrator's house in "Los Angeles"?

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

10. When does making love with a yeti become easier in "Yeti Lovemaking"?

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