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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in Spain is the Lazy River described as being located in "The Lazy River"?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Catalonia.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Almeria.

2. What is the name of Donovan's mother?
(a) Marie.
(b) Claire.
(c) Polly.
(d) Anna.

3. Where would Miss Adele buy a studio apartment if she had $800,000?
(a) Brooklyn Heights.
(b) Bed-Stuy.
(c) Florida.
(d) Battery Park.

4. What does the daughter say "words are" to her mother in "The Dialectic" (4)?
(a) "Harsh."
(b) "Disguises."
(c) "Cheap."
(d) "False."

5. What is Donovan's last name?
(a) Kimble.
(b) Rogers.
(c) Smith.
(d) Kendal.

6. What is the name of Donovan's father in "Just Right"?
(a) Irving.
(b) Jason.
(c) Jack.
(d) Roger.

7. Where are the woman and her daughter sitting on the beach in "The Dialectic"?
(a) Sopot.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) The Bahamas.

8. Where was Donovan born and raised?
(a) The Upper East Side.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) Bedford Stuyvesant.

9. To what corset store does Adele go in "Miss Adele Amidst the Corsets"?
(a) Jackson Corset Emporium.
(b) Clinton Corset Emporium.
(c) Greenwich Corset Emporium.
(d) Fifth Avenue Corset Emporium.

10. Where is Miss Adele's apartment?
(a) Fifth Avenue and 54th Street.
(b) Ninth Avenue and 73rd Street.
(c) Tenth Avenue and 23rd Street.
(d) Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street.

11. What is the girl doing in the description from "Multiple Points of View" in "Parents' Morning Epiphany"?
(a) Walking a dog.
(b) Looking through a magnifying glass.
(c) A handstand.
(d) Talking to a boy.

12. What is the illustration that is described in "Revealing Actions" from "Parents' Morning Epiphany"?
(a) A magnifying glass.
(b) Two smiley faces.
(c) Three sets of stick figures.
(d) Two hearts.

13. Who is the girl from Mumbai that Monica treated like a muse after Darryl for some time in "Sentimental Education"?
(a) Bunny.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Anna.
(d) Emily.

14. For what grade is the worksheet intended in "Parents' Morning Epiphany"?
(a) 1st.
(b) 9th.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 4th.

15. What is said to be "a better metaphor for what happens than roads not taken or branches unsprouted" in "Sentimental Education" (11)?
(a) "Waves crashing against an endless beach."
(b) "Blind worms churning mud through their bodies."
(c) "A dog choking on a chicken bone."
(d) "A shoe falling silently on an abandoned rooftop."

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the narrator's aunt refer to as "making that little bitch-baby face" in "Downtown" (91)?

2. At what kind of factory does the woman's husband work in "The Dialectic"?

3. How deep is the majority of the lazy river that is described in "The Lazy River"?

4. Darryl and Leon had been friends since what age, according to the narrative in "Sentimental Education"?

5. What are the names of the women who plait hair in "The Lazy River"?

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