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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. How are Otto and Heddy related in the story Arcadia?
(a) They are siblings.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are father and daughter.
(d) They are not related.

2. What does Peter catch Otto doing that repulses him?
(a) Beating one of the migrant workers.
(b) Taking hard drugs.
(c) Getting drunk and cavorting with Steph.
(d) Short-changing some of the migrant workers.

3. What does Heddy do for exercise at the college sometimes?
(a) Swim.
(b) Dance classes.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Run.

4. What personal item of her host's son does Kayla look through while staying in his room?
(a) A yearbook.
(b) A collection of original paintings.
(c) A collection of records.
(d) A diary.

5. What kills the trees in the story Marion?
(a) Crows.
(b) Termites.
(c) Gypsy moth worms.
(d) Bark beetles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard say when he leaves a message on Ana's voicemail?

2. Who picked Kayla up at her old employers' home?

3. What does Ana do at night that Richard is entirely uninterested in?

4. What does Otto mostly talk to Peter about?

5. Where do Richard and his girlfriend stay together?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Peter feel upon seeing Steph cavorting with Otto and another woman in the story Arcadia?

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

3. When does Kayla realize Rafe might not be as enamored with her as he once was?

4. What story does Rafe tell Kayla that she later reads repeated many times in media interviews?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Richard's ex-wife Pam tell him when she calls late at night in the story Northeast Regional?

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