View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Cinderella's stepmom begin her speech in "Cinderella: An Address Delivered to the National Association of Family Therapists by Cinderella's Stepmother"?
(a) She makes fun of Cinderella.
(b) She cries.
(c) She screams.
(d) She thanks the audience.

2. What are the dominoes in a panic about?
(a) Being played with.
(b) Falling.
(c) They look the same.
(d) Losing their dots.

3. How does the stepmom describe Cinderella?
(a) Hard working.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Kind.
(d) Smart.

4. What does Cinderella do after she marries the prince?
(a) Has a child.
(b) Cuts herself off from the family.
(c) Embraces her step-mom.
(d) Hires her step-mom as a maid.

5. How does Cinderella's stepmom feel before she meets Cinderella's father?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Happy.
(c) Destitute.
(d) Lonely.

6. Who is Ms. Mary Muffet in the story "Caught in Her Own Web"?
(a) A little girl.
(b) A teacher.
(c) An old lady.
(d) A spider.

7. In "Narcissus", what do scientists discover?
(a) A volcano.
(b) A new species of spider.
(c) The light bulb.
(d) The ability to create life from scratch.

8. Why does the Scavenger Fish quit her job?
(a) No reason.
(b) She is frustrated.
(c) She marries.
(d) She is angry.

9. In "Attachment", how does the man arrive on the tropical island?
(a) A plane.
(b) Vacation.
(c) He lives there.
(d) Shipwreck.

10. Who does Edwin H. Friedman claim are the "deadly serious creatures"?
(a) Reptiles.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Fish.

11. Why does the flower in "The Wallflower" begin to doubt herself?
(a) She is ugly.
(b) She is not picked from the field.
(c) She has thorns.
(d) She is not growing.

12. What are the men in "Tradition" not judged by?
(a) The people.
(b) Lies.
(c) God.
(d) Truth.

13. How does the spider in "Caught in Her Own Web" die?
(a) A spider eats her.
(b) She is squashed.
(c) Raid.
(d) Starvation.

14. Why does the owner of the flower shop put the flower in "The Wallflower" behind all of the others?
(a) He wants to showcase the other flowers.
(b) So he can keep her.
(c) She smells bad.
(d) She is too ugly to be in the front.

15. What does the man do in "The Lesson" while he beats the woman?
(a) Recites a poem.
(b) Makes a phone call.
(c) Berates her.
(d) Throws a plate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Virus in the 3rd section of the story?

2. What happens to the dominoes when the chain reaction is halted?

3. What happens to the people on the island after the man leaves in the story "Attachment"?

4. When does the stepmom meet Cinderella's father?

5. What type of writing is the first part of "Symbiosis"?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 453 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample