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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days go by before Peter gets a visitor?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 1 day.

2. In The Rockpile, what happens after the boy is hit in the head?
(a) He faints.
(b) His ear swells.
(c) His eye swells.
(d) He begins to bleed.

3. Who comes to Peter's date's rescue in Previous Conditions?
(a) A woman at a nearby table.
(b) The chef.
(c) Her husband.
(d) The waiter.

4. What body part is Eric washing as Jamie comes up to him?
(a) His hair.
(b) His feet.
(c) His hands.
(d) His face.

5. Who has seen Peter at the apartment that makes Peter becomes more nervous?
(a) A few tenants.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) A girl across the hall.
(d) The landlady.

6. Where does Jamie tell Eric his father wants to see him at in The Man Child?
(a) The shed.
(b) The barn.
(c) The outhouse.
(d) Inside the house.

7. What does Gabriel demand to know from his wife?
(a) Why Roy was in the garden.
(b) Why Roy was not at school.
(c) Why Roy was playing on the rockpile.
(d) Why Roy was playing in the treehouse.

8. Why is John unhappy at the end of The Outing?
(a) He missed talking to Sylvia.
(b) He senses a change in David.
(c) He loves Sylvia.
(d) He hates Roy.

9. In The Man Child, what did Eric's father tell him he will inherit?
(a) The factory.
(b) The treehouse.
(c) The land he sees.
(d) Stocks and bonds.

10. What memory does Eric remember in The Man Child?
(a) Christmas when he was 9.
(b) The birthday party they had for Eric's dad.
(c) The birthday party they had for Jamie.
(d) Christmas when he was 8.

11. When lunch begins, what does everyone eat out of in The Outing?
(a) Baskets.
(b) Plates.
(c) Cups.
(d) Bowls.

12. What did Eric's father tell Jamie to quit doing in Eric's memory?
(a) Torturing his dog.
(b) Drinking whisky.
(c) Torturing his cat.
(d) Eating.

13. What is the item Gabriel's wife instructs John to pick up very close to?
(a) Gabriel's fist.
(b) Gabriel's face.
(c) Gabriel's workboot.
(d) The door.

14. Who would one day inherit the land Eric is to inherit from his father?
(a) Eric's children.
(b) Jamie's wife.
(c) Jamie's children.
(d) Eric's brother's children.

15. Why does Eric think his mother will be angry at him?
(a) For being late to supper.
(b) For losing his gym clothes.
(c) For tearing his jeans.
(d) For making a bad grade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eric ask his father about Jamie in his memory?

2. Who is Eric's father's best friend?

3. Where is Eric's father when he arrives home in The Man Child?

4. When do the actions of Previous Conditions most likely take place?

5. Where did Eric's father take Eric in his memory?

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