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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. In Skin, how does Drioli know Soutine?
(a) They were cousins.
(b) They were neighbors.
(c) They were brothers-in-law.
(d) They were friends.

2. In Nunc Dimitis, what does Lionel's girlfriend call him behind his back?
(a) A softy.
(b) A weakling.
(c) A bore.
(d) A rougue.

3. In Madame Rosette, where do the pilots lock Madame Rosette?
(a) A phone booth.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) A hotel room.
(d) Her office.

4. In Nunc Dimitis, what does Lionel leave at a dinner party to humiliate Janet?
(a) A pair of her dirty underwear.
(b) A drawing she had made of him in his underwear.
(c) A poorly spelled letter of hers.
(d) A painting of her in her underwear.

5. The boy in The Wish pretends the black parts of the carpet are _____________.
(a) Black spiders.
(b) Bottomless pits.
(c) Poisonous snakes.
(d) Hot coals.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Someone Like You, where do the old friends run into each other?

2. In Death of an Old Man, what kind of pilot is Charlie?

3. Who is Mr. Boitbol's favorite composer?

4. What kind of people are served by Vengeance is Mine, Inc.?

5. In The Soldier, what is the name of Robert's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Man From the South, what oddity does the soldier notice about the woman who rescues him?

2. Why do the pilots want to punish Madame Rosette?

3. What did the woman in Yesterday was Beautiful tell the pilot to do?

4. In An African Story, why does the old farmer become angry with his servant?

5. In They Shall Not Grow Old, what does Fin see before he dies?

6. Why does Katina not do what is asked of her by the medics?

7. How does the woman in Only This die?

8. What is 'jinking' according to the information given in Someone Like You?

9. What was so confusing to the people in Yesterday was Beautiful?

10. In Taste, why does Mike Schofield get so mad when he finds out Richard cheated in the bet?

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