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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far did the family promise to take the hitchhiking narrator?
(a) Half way.
(b) All the way.
(c) To the next exit.
(d) Just to Boulder.

2. What does Dundun bring to McInnes in Story 4 to make him feel better?
(a) Bread and water.
(b) Beer and water.
(c) An asprin and juice.
(d) Water and marijuana.

3. Who is the narrator of Story 2 referring to when he says, "I'd better just go after him, instead of waiting"?
(a) Caplan.
(b) Georgie.
(c) Stan.
(d) Manny.

4. In Story 5, whose ex-girlfriend did the narrator end up marrying?
(a) Georgie.
(b) McInness.
(c) Dundun.
(d) Jack Hotel.

5. When asked by the semi-truck driver, "Is everybody dead?" How does the narrator respond?
(a) "No, not everbody."
(b) "Yes, everybody is dead."
(c) "How should I know."
(d) "I can't tell who is and who isn't."

6. What crime was Jack Hotel being tried for in Story 3?
(a) Murder.
(b) Armed robbery.
(c) Grand theft.
(d) Arson.

7. In Story 2, who is the woman at the narrator's "new companion's" home referring to when she says, "If you don't take him off our street I'm calling the police"?
(a) Tom.
(b) Richard.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The new companion.

8. Where does the police officer take the hitchhiking narrator following the car accident?
(a) To the hospital.
(b) To the narrator's house.
(c) To jail.
(d) To a shelter.

9. What does the narrator's "new companion" in Story 2 want from the narrator?
(a) Money.
(b) A ride home.
(c) A place to stay.
(d) Drugs.

10. According to the narrator in Story 1, all of the following people had given the narrator drugs except for who?
(a) The Student.
(b) The Teacher.
(c) The Indian.
(d) The Salesman.

11. According to the narrator in Story 1, who was snoring loudly and rudely after the car accident?
(a) The passenger of the other car.
(b) The baby.
(c) The Salesman.
(d) He was.

12. In Story 5, what does the narrator say his car did not need?
(a) A key.
(b) Tires.
(c) Brakes.
(d) Exhaust pipe.

13. What profession does Dundun say he would not mind working?
(a) A hitman.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A pilot.
(d) A lawyer.

14. At the end of Story 1, what flutters close to the narrator's face?
(a) A colorful butterfly.
(b) An ugly moth.
(c) A noisy bee.
(d) A yellow bird.

15. All of the following people are inside the farmhouse in Story 4, except for who?
(a) McInnes.
(b) Jack Hotel.
(c) Richard.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the boat pulling behind it in Story 5?

2. According to the narrator in Story 2, who sold him a gun?

3. At the end of Story 5, the narrator says, "Your husband will beat you with a(n) ________ and the bus will pull away leaving you standing there in tears, but you were my ________."

4. What type of party is Jack Hotel throwing for himself at the bar in Story 3?

5. What is Jack Hotels's real name?

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