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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. Who is George's regular waiter?
(a) Ben.
(b) Carson.
(c) Kenny.
(d) William.

2. Whose book is Ben editing?
(a) Sasha's.
(b) Richard's.
(c) Rowan's.
(d) Arthur's.

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

4. Who is Arthur's assistant?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Karen.
(c) Stewart.
(d) Brody.

5. What are both George and William set to attend after they eat dinner?
(a) A baseball game.
(b) A tennis match.
(c) A new Broadway play.
(d) Benji's film premiere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of jam did Linda used to make in the story What Can You Do With a General?

2. What television show did Ben's wife used to like?

3. Where does John offer to take Sasha, just the two of them?

4. Why does Ben ask Arthur's assistant to help him one night at the guest house?

5. Who helps pay for Alice's classes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ben hoping for from his meeting with Arthur in the story Menlo Park?

2. What does John have trouble controlling in What Can You Do With a General?

3. In What Can You Do With a General, what has just happened to the dog, Zero?

4. In Son of Friedman, what is George's relationship with Benji like?

5. What happens to Alice the last time she ever sells her underwear to someone?

6. Why does Ben ask Karen to come to help him at the guesthouse in the story Menlo Park?

7. What happens on Sasha's trip that makes her upset and anxious in What Can You Do With a General?

8. How does Alice feel about the trajectory of her life in the story Los Angeles?

9. Why does Ben ask the driver to make an extra stop on the way from the airport to Arthur's house?

10. Who does Ben keep calling and why does he keep calling this person in the story Menlo Park?

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