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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first person to sell her underwear in the story Los Angeles?
(a) Alice.
(b) Frieda.
(c) Flora.
(d) Oona.

2. Who does Sasha say hates the rest of the family at the first full family dinner?
(a) Betty.
(b) Rick.
(c) Zero.
(d) Henry.

3. What is George's response to a fan's request for a picture?
(a) He takes the picture with them.
(b) He speaks nicely to them but politely declines the picture.
(c) He takes the picture but then berates them for asking to do it.
(d) He tells them rudely to go away.

4. What does Ben try to give the driver in the story Menlo Park?
(a) A tip.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) Drugs.
(d) A notebook.

5. In the story Menlo Park, what does Ben think as he looks out the plane window?
(a) How much he misses his father.
(b) How happy he is about his work.
(c) How pretty the city looks.
(d) How much he wants a drink.

6. What does Sasha do on her first morning in John's house that makes him angry?
(a) Lets the dog out of the house.
(b) Accidentally opens her Christmas present from him.
(c) Breaks a glass.
(d) Sleeps in.

7. Who is Ben's wife?
(a) Flora.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Frieda.
(d) Elaine.

8. What does Alice want to do professionally?
(a) Act.
(b) Write.
(c) Be a tattoo artist.
(d) Practice medicine.

9. What kind of jam did Linda used to make in the story What Can You Do With a General?
(a) Strawberry.
(b) Raspberry.
(c) Blackberry.
(d) Persimmon.

10. Who is George's son's girlfriend?
(a) Mara.
(b) Hettie.
(c) Brie.
(d) Mae.

11. Who is Ben's brother?
(a) Henry.
(b) Jude.
(c) Ricky.
(d) John.

12. How much work have Ben and Arthur done by Ben's fourth day at Arthur's house?
(a) They have edited the first chapter.
(b) They have edited half the book.
(c) They have edited the whole book.
(d) They have edited the first four chapters.

13. Where does Ben ask the driver to stop before his destination?
(a) At a fast-food restaurant.
(b) At an apartment so Ben can get drugs.
(c) At the museum.
(d) At his ex-girlfriend's house.

14. Who does Ben like to brainstorm with?
(a) Henry.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Saskia.
(d) Stephen.

15. How old is Oona?
(a) 25.
(b) 14.
(c) 20.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Ben live in?

2. What does Oona say when Alice asks her if she is not afraid one of the men she sells her underwear to might follow her home?

3. What does John think Sasha does not remember?

4. Who is in the photograph that Arthur shows Ben of himself with?

5. Which movie had Sasha watched so many times during her childhood that the tape snapped?

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