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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard do at the restaurant that makes a scene?
(a) He falls several times.
(b) He tries to force Livia to eat her dinner, causing her to cry.
(c) He tries to walk out on the check.
(d) He punches the bartender.

2. What class does Heddy have particular trouble with?
(a) History.
(b) French.
(c) Art.
(d) Math.

3. What does the headmaster think of the parents of the student who was involved in the incident with Rowan?
(a) He thinks they seem poor.
(b) He thinks they seem arrogant.
(c) He thinks they seem entitled.
(d) He thinks they seem like decent people.

4. What does Peter suggest for the farm as an improvement?
(a) A new lawn mower.
(b) A new accountant.
(c) A new sign.
(d) A website.

5. Who does Richard take with him to meet his father at the school?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His three roommates.
(d) His teacher.

6. Who did Kayla take care of for her job in the story The Nanny?
(a) A dog named Jesa.
(b) A little boy named Henry.
(c) An older woman named Jane.
(d) A little girl named Everdine.

7. What does Bobby let Marion and the narrator each buy one of on their trip?
(a) Beer.
(b) Bag of popcorn.
(c) Agate.
(d) Cotton candy.

8. How old is the narrator?
(a) 11.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.

9. Where do Richard and his girlfriend stay together?
(a) At a hotel.
(b) In a tent at a campsite.
(c) At Richard's mother's beach house, which is for sale.
(d) At Richard's own apartment.

10. Who is the actor Kayla has an affair with?
(a) Benji.
(b) William.
(c) Rafe.
(d) Steven.

11. What does Marion ask the narrator to do for her that ends up getting the narrator kicked off the farm?
(a) Knock her tooth out with a rock.
(b) Steal money.
(c) Kill a lamb.
(d) Bury Marion's mother's jewelry.

12. Who tries to make Kayla feel guilty for what happened at her old job?
(a) Mary.
(b) Kayla's mother.
(c) Kay's father.
(d) Dennis.

13. How old is Kayla?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 30.
(d) 24.

14. What kinds of problems does the narrator's mother have in the story Marion?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) She has trouble with partners.
(c) She has trouble holding a job.
(d) Night sweats and blackouts.

15. What is Rowan's girlfriend's name?
(a) Liz.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Hettie.
(d) Livia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Richard's ex-wife?

2. What does Livia order at the restaurant?

3. What has Peter heard stories about Otto concerning?

4. Why does Richard get annoyed at the driver?

5. Where does the narrator live with Marion in the story titled Marion?

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