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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 tool does the pawnbroker use to cultivate his wife?
(a) Discipline.
(b) Fear.
(c) Love.
(d) Bribery.

2. What about the girl in 'A Gentle Spirit' was described as evil?
(a) Her face.
(b) Her soul.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her smile.

3. What was the occupation of the first man who was eaten by the crocodile?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Scientist.
(d) Actor.

4. Why did the pawnbroker think he needed to discipline the girl so much?
(a) Her spirit was too free.
(b) She was so young.
(c) Her nature was too rebellious.
(d) She was too pretty.

5. Why does the wife of the swallowed man consider a divorce?
(a) He is assumed to be as good as dead.
(b) He stops getting paid.
(c) He says he will be disfigured.
(d) He refuses to harm the crocodile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of post had Mr. Pralinsky recently taken?

2. What title do the men meeting in 'An Unpleasant Predicament' have?

3. How does the girl in 'A Gentle Spirit' say her employers treat her?

4. Why does the main character in 'The Peasant Marey' talk about his childhood?

5. Why did the main character in 'A Gentle Spirit' like to upset the girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sits constantly on the man's table in 'The Dream of a Ridiculous Man'?

2. What kind thing does the girl in 'A Gentle Spirit' say about her aunts?

3. How was Mr. Pralinsky raised?

4. What affects does alcohol have on the men in 'An Unpleasant Predicament'?

5. How did the pawnbroker say that he became successful in business?

6. Who does the pawn broker turn to for comfort after his wife dies?

7. What happens to the scared little boy in 'The Heavenly Christmas Tree'?

8. What do people tell the wife of the man in the Crocodile choose to do about her situation?

9. How does the crocodile who eats the man die?

10. What does the boy in 'The Heavenly Christmas Tree' see while he is hiding?

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