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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 does the Bacterium tell the Virus to do at the start of "Symbiosis"?
(a) Come inside.
(b) Jump up and down.
(c) Have a drink.
(d) Leave.

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

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

4. Who are the two silent accomplices in "The Lesson"?
(a) Her sisters.
(b) Strangers.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Two demons.

5. Why does the flower in "The Wallflower" try and make herself more attractive?
(a) So she can be in a wedding bouquet.
(b) So she will be picked.
(c) So the shop owner will like her.
(d) So she can be in a parade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the dominoes in a panic about?

2. In "The Magic Ring", what is the woman's mood at the start of the story?

3. How are Jean and Jane different?

4. Who debates his idea of psychoanalysis in "Tradition"?

5. What does Cinderella dream of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the historical figures in "Tradition" worried?

2. What historical figures appear in "Tradition" and what is their role in society?

3. What happens to the flower at the end of "The Wallflower"?

4. Why does the fish stop working in "Burnout"? What happens to her?

5. What does Jean learn about Jane in "Jean and Jane" and what is significant about it?

6. Why do the island inhabitants in "Attachment" decide to change their ways after the shipwrecked man leaves?

7. What is the problem with making ideal humans in "Narcissus"?

8. What is the purpose of the screen in "Narcissus" and why does it fail?

9. How does perfection lead to Ms. Muffet's death in "Caught in Her Own Web"?

10. What does the line "something might evolve" at the end of "Symbiosis" mean?

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