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

2. What is Mr. Johnson sad about?
(a) He was fired.
(b) His wife is divorcing him.
(c) His father died.
(d) He lost all his money.

3. How high is the little boy's temperature in "A Day's Wait"?
(a) 110.
(b) 102.
(c) 100.
(d) 112.

4. Which of the following is NOT described in "A Natural History of the Dead"?
(a) Graveyards.
(b) Dead women.
(c) Dead soldiers.
(d) Dead animals.

5. Who is Jimmy traveling with in "The Train Trip"?
(a) His father.
(b) His teacher.
(c) His mother.
(d) His aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do David and his dog find in "An African Story"?

2. What does the farmer have the bull do when he gets older?

3. What is the special name one of the soldiers gives himself in "Under the Ridge"?

4. What does Blindy spend his days doing?

5. Where do Wesley and Harry get the wares they sell?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cayetano spend his days in the hospital?

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

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

4. What happens to the faithful bull when he is set out to breed?

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

6. How is Blindy blinded?

7. What does Jimmy do while his father is still sleeping in "The Porter"?

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

9. What does the good lion do when he is mocked for his strange eating habits?

10. What happens to the man spraying cologne in "The Butterfly and the Tank"?

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