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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 girl in "Tuesday Siesta" not have for lunch?
(a) A cookie.
(b) A pancake.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Cheese.

2. What smell is mentioned in the first sentence of "The Other Side of Death"?
(a) Perfume.
(b) Formaldehyde.
(c) Mint.
(d) Fish.

3. Who runs the store in "Dialogue"?
(a) Mabel.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Matilde.
(d) Herman.

4. At what other time was the noise present in the protagonist's head in "The Third Resignation"?
(a) The day of his mother's death.
(b) The day of his death.
(c) The day of his wedding.
(d) The day of his birth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Nabo in the beginning of "Nabo: The Black Man who Made the Angels Wait"?

2. At the beginning of the story, how long has Nabo been asleep?

3. In "One of These Days," what is the Mayor supposed to gargle?

4. What is the name of Isabel's husband?

5. What is the protagonist of "Dialogue" going to have for breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the noise the protagonist of "The Third Resignation" hears.

2. Describe the "boy" in "Eva."

3. Why does Eva want an orange, and how does she decide to get it?

4. Why does the narrator of "Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses" want roses, and how does he get them?

5. How does the protagonist notice he is "really" dying? Explain.

6. In "Bitterness for Three Sleepwalkers," why do the sleepwalkers realize the woman had been a child once?

7. How do the men of "The Night of the Curlews" become blind? Explain.

8. Why do the sleepwalkers want the woman to cry?

9. Why does the boy not want to lead the blind men in "Night"?

10. Why does the woman in "The Woman who Came at Six O'Clock" so emphasize the time?

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