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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. To what is the sun in Australia compared through metaphor in the beginning of "The Mistake Maker"?
(a) A Viking.
(b) A dragon.
(c) The Grim Reaper.
(d) A rocket.

2. Where did Clay go in the city in "The Traditionalist"?
(a) To his brother's house.
(b) To his high school.
(c) To Carey's home.
(d) To his mother's grave.

3. What did Abbey earn a degree in?
(a) Art.
(b) Education.
(c) Nursing.
(d) Commerce.

4. What is the name of the gray and black tabby cat described in "The Greeks Got Him"?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Homer.
(d) Hector.

5. How tall is the Murderer described as being in "Portrait of a Killer as a Middle-Aged Man"?
(a) 6'2".
(b) 6'.
(c) 5'8".
(d) 5'10".

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described as "the oddest part about the calendar" that was in the donation box sent to Michael (141)?

2. What book does the narrator describe Abbey giving to Michael in "The Coast-Long Nighttime Southerly"?

3. Which of his brothers does Matthew describe as "the invincible one: The human ball and chain" in "Barbarians" (25)?

4. Before Penelope's father smuggled her out of the Eastern Bloc, where was the one place she had played in the West?

5. What was the name of Michael Dunbar's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of The Quarryman?

2. What is revealed in the letters Clay receives in Part 4?

3. What inner conflicts does Clay face regarding returning home after he has spent time at his father's home?

4. How and why did Penelope purchase a piano?

5. How is Penelope's childhood described? Who raised her?

6. How is the setting of The Surrounds described?

7. What led to the end of Michael's relationship with Abbey?

8. Where is Michael's home and the bridge site located? How is this setting described?

9. What essential information is related in the prologue of the novel?

10. How is Clay greeted upon returning to the Dunbar home in Part 4?

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