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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 Yesterday was Beautiful, for what is the pilot searching?
(a) Some fuel.
(b) His buddy.
(c) A map.
(d) A boat.

2. In The Wish, what does the boy pretend is the only safe color on the carpet?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

3. Where does Man From the South take place?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Polynesia.
(d) Caribbean.

4. What does the boy in The Wish promise himself if he can get across the carpet?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A frog.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A turtle.

5. In Piece of Cake, what body part does the pilot lose?
(a) His ear.
(b) His foot.
(c) His nose.
(d) His pinky finger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Klausner hear with his sound machine?

2. In Skin, how does Drioli know Soutine?

3. In The Soldier, Robert gets disoriented about ___________.

4. In Madame Rosette, where do the pilots lock Madame Rosette?

5. In Taste, Richard is an expert at ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the pilot in A Piece of Cake realize when he lands after the plane is shot down?

2. In A Piece of Cake, what do crews warn a pilot about, and what is his reaction to these warnings?

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

4. In the Soldier, how does Robert try to kill his wife? Why?

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

6. In Nunc Dimitis, what prank does Lionel pull on Janet?

7. In Skin, what makes Drioli's back so valuable?

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

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

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

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