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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 is Stevie's last name?
(a) Wheeler.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Jones.
(d) Wilson.

2. What kind of therapy is Stevie receiving in "Great News From the Mainland"?
(a) Anger management.
(b) Hypnotherapy.
(c) Electric shock therapy.
(d) Massage therapy.

3. What does the narrator of "Black Ass at the Cross Roads" do at the end of the day?
(a) Be with any woman that will have him.
(b) Get drunk in a bar.
(c) Wash off the blood and enjoy his spoils.
(d) Try to sleep amidst the sounds of bombs.

4. What does the man in "Get a Seeing Eye Dog" not want his wife to have to do?
(a) Live alone.
(b) Cry over his disability.
(c) Serve him in his blindness.
(d) Stay with him out of obligation.

5. Where does Gran Via get the wine they are serving?
(a) Cuba.
(b) The royal palace.
(c) France.
(d) Their basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "A Natural History of the Dead" describe death?

2. Where does Nick make love to Bill's sister?

3. What does Nick do for the Italian soldiers?

4. What disease does the woman's husband have in "One Reader Writes"?

5. Who is Odgar in love with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Littless do when she runs away with Nick in "The Last Good Country"?

2. Why does the boy in "A Day's Wait" think he is going to die, and how is he calmed down?

3. What does Al ask Edwin the night before he heads off to battle?

4. What is the woman writing to the medical column about in "One Reader Writes"?

5. What does the matador do when he receives notices about his mother's grave fee?

6. What happens to the three men who Harry refuses to take to the U.S. one day?

7. What do the Fontans make in secret, and why is it so secret?

8. What does Jimmy witness on "The Train Trip"?

9. What is Nick good at doing with women?

10. How does Mr. Wheeler keep contact with his son, and how do Stevie's doctor's feel about his progress in the mental institution?

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