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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Story 2, where does the narrator meet the "first man"?
(a) After a baseball game.
(b) After a parade.
(c) After a football game.
(d) After a dance.

2. Who drives a Volkswagen in Story 1?
(a) The Teacher.
(b) The college student.
(c) The Mennonite.
(d) The Indian.

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

4. What type of party is Jack Hotel throwing for himself at the bar in Story 3?
(a) A welcome home party.
(b) A birthday party.
(c) A going away party.
(d) A bachelor party.

5. In Story 5, the narrator and his girlfriend have been staying at the ________.
(a) Holiday Inn.
(b) Motel Inn.
(c) Hampton Inn.
(d) Motel 8.

6. Where did the narrator first meet Dundun?
(a) At Seattle General Mental Institution.
(b) In high school.
(c) At the Johnson County Jail.
(d) At a bar.

7. What third location does the narrator's new companion want to go to in Story 2?
(a) The drug store.
(b) The hospital.
(c) A farmhouse.
(d) The bar.

8. According to the narrator in Story 2, who sold him a gun?
(a) Thatcher.
(b) Frank.
(c) Dylan.
(d) Stan.

9. How much money does Wayne and the narrator each receive for the scrap wire in Story 5?
(a) $460.
(b) $55.
(c) $1000.
(d) $28.

10. Who does the narrator call "Nurse" in Story 5?
(a) Wayne's wife.
(b) McInnes.
(c) Thatcher.
(d) The bartender.

11. What is the weather like throughout Story 1?
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Dry.
(c) Snowy.
(d) Rainy.

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

13. According to the narrator in Story 2, how long has he been friends with his two friends?
(a) 6 months.
(b) Over a year.
(c) 19 years.
(d) 3 years.

14. 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) Richard.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Tom.
(d) The new companion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Story 1, who was snoring loudly and rudely after the car accident?

2. Who is Alsatia?

3. The host of the party at the farmhouse tells the narrator that ________ does not want the "new companion" at the house.

4. Who does Wayne stop to see after he and the narrator finish work?

5. 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 ________."

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