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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 the man in the restaurant using to spray the people with in "The Butterfly and the Tank"?
(a) A cup.
(b) A flit gun.
(c) A spray bottle.
(d) His mouth.

2. Why does the boy in "A Day's Wait" think he is going to die?
(a) He hears strange music.
(b) He sees his dead mother.
(c) He thinks his temperature is in Celsius.
(d) He has never felt so sick in his life.

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

4. How does the narrator of "A Natural History of the Dead" describe death?
(a) Noble and proud.
(b) Inhuman and meaningless.
(c) Disgusting and real.
(d) Deep and profound.

5. Who loses much of Harry's equipment?
(a) Mr. Johnson.
(b) Billy.
(c) Mr. Sing.
(d) Eddie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick do for the Italian soldiers?

2. How high is the little boy's temperature in "A Day's Wait"?

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

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

5. How many people are living with Edwin in "Landscape with Figures"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the man in "Get a Seeing-Eyed Dog" ask his wife to leave him?

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

4. What happens to Paco in "Under the Ridge"?

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

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

7. What does Nick think about while he is driving with his son?

8. What does the job that the narrator holds entail in "Black Ass at the Cross Roads"?

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

10. What makes Stevie's father disappointed in him?

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