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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. What does Ana do at night that Richard is entirely uninterested in?
(a) Listens to music.
(b) Watches an old television series.
(c) Watches a movie on her laptop.
(d) Does the crossword.

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

3. Who is Jack's girlfriend?
(a) Harriet.
(b) Liz.
(c) Hardy.
(d) Grady.

4. Who picked Kayla up at her old employers' home?
(a) Kayla's father.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Mary.
(d) Kayla's mother.

5. Who is Marion's mother?
(a) Harriet.
(b) Grady.
(c) Linda.
(d) Dinah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bobby drop off the substance he is selling after their road trip in the story Marion?

2. What does Kayla get for the child she was employed to take care of for the child's eighth birthday?

3. What is Richard's and Rowan's last name?

4. What does Bobby say to the narrator at the end of the story Marion?

5. Who is Richard's girlfriend's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bothers Richard about Rowan's attitude when he first meets Rowan at the boarding school?

2. In the story Northeast Regional, how does Richard feel about Ana?

3. How do the migrant farm workers seem to feel about Otto, from what Peter can tell?

4. What is the impression of the headmaster of Rowan's school of both the parents of the injured boy and of Richard?

5. What happens at the restaurant with Rowan, Livia, and Richard that makes everyone really uncomfortable?

6. Why does Bob get so angry at Marion when he takes her and the narrator on his trip to deliver the marijuana?

7. How and when does Peter sense Heddy is truly slipping away from him?

8. What does Peter think about the way Otto and Heddy grew up on the farm and how it affected them long-term?

9. In the story Arcadia, why do Peter and Heddy live with Heddy's brother Otto?

10. When does Kayla realize that Dennis blames her and looks down on her for what happened with Rafe?

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