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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does baby bird hope to do to himself by punishing his parents?
(a) Injure himself.
(b) Choke on a worm.
(c) Find a girlfriend.
(d) Fly.

2. Why does the man in "An American Holly" move the plant?
(a) It belongs in the trash.
(b) It is blocking the TV.
(c) It needs sunlight.
(d) It needs more space.

3. What does the man in "The Power of Belief," try to convince people of?
(a) He is wealthy.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He is a horse.
(d) He is smart.

4. What does the person whom the man encounters on the bridge ask him to do?
(a) Find her mother.
(b) Embrace him.
(c) Hold the rope.
(d) Get her a hanky.

5. What is the youngest bird unable to do at the start of "Soaring"?
(a) Groom.
(b) Sing.
(c) Speak.
(d) Fly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do baby bird's parents take their anger out on?

2. What causes John's wife to change the way she treats her husband in "Nervous Condition"?

3. In "The Bridge" what must the man do so he won't lose a long awaited opportunity?

4. What is John's nervous condition?

5. What happens to John's nervous condition at the end of the story?

(see the answer key)

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