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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 is the title of the first part of 'A Gentle Spirit'?
(a) Who I Was and Who She Was.
(b) Where It All Began.
(c) Who I Wanted to Be.
(d) Who We Were.

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

3. Why does the main character in 'The Peasant Marey' talk about his childhood?
(a) There are important things to know.
(b) He has bad memories.
(c) He wants the reader to know him.
(d) It makes him feel better.

4. Who does the man in 'The Dream of a Ridiculous Man' tell the person tugging at him to get help from?
(a) His father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) A teacher.
(d) The police.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the man with the crocodile so proud of it?

2. What talent did the narrator say the girl in 'A Gentle Spirit' had?

3. What did the man in 'The Dream of a Ridiculous Man' say saved his life?

4. Who does the girl in 'A Gentle Spirit' work for?

5. What is the owner of the crocodile most worried about when a man is swallowed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Mr. Pralinsky raised?

2. How did the pawnbroker discipline his wife for her misdeeds in the days before her death?

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

4. What did the man in 'The Dream of a Ridiculous Man' say about the church going people?

5. Where does the boy in 'The Heavenly Christmas Tree' hide when he gets scared?

6. What stopped the man in 'The Dream of a Ridiculous Man' from wanting to be suicidal?

7. How was the wedding in 'An Unpleasant Predicament' ruined?

8. Why has Stepan invited friends to a meeting in 'An Unpleasant Predicament'?

9. How does the narrator of 'The Heavenly Christmas Tree' introduce himself?

10. What are some of the things that keep the man in 'The Dream of a Ridiculous Man' from killing himself?

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