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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the doctor think about Billy in "Projection"?
(a) Billy is dying.
(b) Billy is normal.
(c) Billy is sad.
(d) Billy is angry.

3. When, in "Projection", do Billy's parents decide to take him to a doctor?
(a) When he draws spilled organs.
(b) When he is in a car accident.
(c) When he is expelled.
(d) When he refuses to eat vegetables.

4. What is the lamb's friends' advice at the end of ""The Friendly Forest"?
(a) To communicate with the bear.
(b) To hide in a tree.
(c) To communicate with the tiger.
(d) To run away.

5. What does the author suggest is the issue with communicating at the start of Part 2?
(a) Demons.
(b) Egos.
(c) Technology.
(d) Hearing.

6. In "The Bridge" what must the man do so he won't lose a long awaited opportunity?
(a) Bribe the mayor.
(b) Fight a caged lion.
(c) Cry.
(d) Act immediately.

7. What are the birds in "Soaring" looking forward to?
(a) Retirement.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Their daughter's wedding.

8. What does Cassandra believe people should do instead of seek answers?
(a) Go to war.
(b) Pray.
(c) Ask questions.
(d) Write books.

9. What does Cassandra argue is the fundamental aspect of human existence?
(a) Relgion.
(b) Peace.
(c) War.
(d) Uncertainty.

10. What does Billy like to cut up in "Projection"?
(a) His steak.
(b) His toys.
(c) His clothes.
(d) His homework.

11. What happens to the plant at the end of "An American Holly"?
(a) It walks away.
(b) It comes back to life.
(c) It cries.
(d) It dies.

12. What does Edwin H. Friedman claim "real figures of speech" are based on?
(a) Smiles.
(b) Metaphors.
(c) Similies.
(d) Attitudes.

13. At the end of "Soaring", what does the baby bird enjoy?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Food.
(c) His family.
(d) His friends.

14. Who writes the report in "Raising Cain: A Case History of the First Family"?
(a) A student.
(b) A social worker.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A lawyer.

15. Who does the author claim he feels protective over in the Prologue?
(a) The characters.
(b) His agent.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distracts the moth in ""Round in Circles"?

2. In "Projection", what does Billy want to be when he grows up?

3. What is "The essential question of human existence" according to Faust?

4. How do people treat John because of his nervous condition?

5. Why are Billy's parents worried in "Projection"?

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