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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has the narrator of "Someone" been dead?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Forty years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Ten years.

2. Where is Nabo in the beginning of "Nabo: The Black Man who Made the Angels Wait"?
(a) In a ballroom.
(b) In a stable.
(c) At the beach.
(d) At the dinner table.

3. What "martyrs" Eva?
(a) Communism.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Cancer.

4. What is outside the door in "Eyes"?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Open landscape.
(c) A forest.
(d) A soccer stadium.

5. The narrator of "Eyes" has dreamed of the woman as what object?
(a) A clock.
(b) A painting.
(c) A statue.
(d) A cricket.

6. What book is the boy reading in "Night"?
(a) Great Expectations.
(b) Gulliver's Travels.
(c) Robinson Crusoe.
(d) Terry and the Pirates.

7. At the end of "The Woman," what time does the woman say she arrived at the restaurant?
(a) 6:30.
(b) 5:30.
(c) 5:45.
(d) 6:15.

8. What does the protagonist of "The Third Resignation" have a phobia of?
(a) Crowds.
(b) Mice.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Small spaces.

9. In "The Third Resignation," what object is in the protagonist's coffin?
(a) A watch.
(b) A phone.
(c) A pillow.
(d) A dried rose.

10. What word does the protagonist of "Dialogue" struggle to remember?
(a) Synergy.
(b) Pandora.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Eulogy.

11. At the beginning of the story, how long has Nabo been asleep?
(a) Five minutes.
(b) A week.
(c) Thirty hours.
(d) Three days.

12. How old is the protagonist of "The Third Resignation"?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Fourteen.

13. Where does the protagonist of "The Other Side of Death" imagine having a tumor?
(a) His pancreas.
(b) His toe.
(c) His brain.
(d) His skin.

14. What does the woman in "The Woman" put in her hair?
(a) Vaseline.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Hair extensions.
(d) Leave-in conditioner.

15. Of what did the protagonist's brother die, as described in "The Other Side of Death"?
(a) Stomach cancer.
(b) Flu.
(c) A degenerative bone disease.
(d) Measles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time is it at the beginning of "Tuesday Siesta"?

2. What color are the girl's stockings in "Someone"?

3. In "Night," what did the woman say caused the man's blindness?

4. In the end of "The Third Resignation," what does the protagonist die of?

5. Where do the sleepwalkers go after the woman's announcement?

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