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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the dominoes try to avoid the panic?
(a) The cover their dots with glue.
(b) They fall down and play dead.
(c) They run away.
(d) They try to figure out a way to stop the chain reaction.

2. How are the characters identified in the second part of "Symbiosis"?
(a) Their color.
(b) Their full names.
(c) Their initials.
(d) Their disease.

3. How are the people in "Attachment" attached to each other?
(a) Telephone cords.
(b) Chains.
(c) Umbilical cords.
(d) Glue.

4. What happens to the flower at the end of the story "The Wallflower"?
(a) She dies.
(b) The owner clips her stems.
(c) She is pressed between a book.
(d) She is worn in a lady's hat.

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

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

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

8. Why does Moses want to include non-religious leaders in his document?
(a) He forgot to include them the first time.
(b) He likes everyone.
(c) He hates everyone.
(d) His conversations in "Tradition".

9. How does Cinderella treat her stepsisters?
(a) She beats them.
(b) She is timid with them.
(c) She fears them.
(d) She taunts them.

10. What are the men in "Tradition" concerned about?
(a) The senate.
(b) The O-zone layer.
(c) How justice is delivered.
(d) Their teachings are misinterpreted.

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

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

13. What is the result of the first day of the plan in "Narcissus"?
(a) Everyone dies.
(b) Everything goes wrong.
(c) Everything goes smoothly.
(d) No one sees a change.

14. Why does the author give this story the title "Narcissus"?
(a) It shows politicians are narcissistic.
(b) Narcissus is the name of a flower.
(c) It shows scientists are narcissistic.
(d) It shows humans are narcissistic.

15. When does the stepmom meet Cinderella's father?
(a) In the winter.
(b) At her 40th birthday.
(c) After her first husband died.
(d) At midnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes a person to live his life in chains according to the introduction of Part 3?

2. What do the stepmom and her daughters believe in?

3. What form of writing is the second part of "Symbiosis"?

4. In "Narcissus", what do scientists discover?

5. How soon does Cinderella's father propose to the stepmom?

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