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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Story 2, what color is the narrator's vehicle?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

2. What is the "new companion's" real name in Story 2?
(a) Jeramy.
(b) Jeff.
(c) Mark.
(d) Stan.

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

4. Who does the narrator believe is coming to shoot his left leg off in Story 2?
(a) Richard.
(b) Caplan.
(c) Vandal.
(d) Georgie.

5. According to Dundun in Story 4, why does McInnes not feel good?
(a) McInnes overdosed on pain killers.
(b) Dundun shot him.
(c) Dundun beat him up.
(d) McInnes has the flu.

6. The host of the party at the farmhouse tells the narrator that ________ does not want the "new companion" at the house.
(a) Misty.
(b) Brittany.
(c) Tammy.
(d) Courtney.

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

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

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

10. In Story 1, who is Janice?
(a) The Indian's wife.
(b) The narrator's wife.
(c) The Salesman's wife.
(d) The Mennonite's wife.

11. 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 ________."
(a) Baseball bat / sister.
(b) Extension cord / mother.
(c) Belt / friend.
(d) Tire iron / wife.

12. The Bride of Death in Story 2 is a nickname the narrator gives to ________.
(a) Brittany.
(b) Stan.
(c) Misty.
(d) Richard.

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

14. Before bringing the narrator home, who does the Salesman want to stop and see in Story 1?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His sister.

15. Why is McInnes not at the hospital in the beginning of Story 4?
(a) Jack Hotel crashed the car.
(b) McInnes doesn't want to go.
(c) Nobody has a car to take McInnes.
(d) Dundun refuses to let McInnes go.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Alsatia?

2. Where is the narrator at the end of Story 1?

3. Who asks the question in Story 1, "Are you hearing unusual sounds or voices?"

4. What virus does the narrator of Story 4 reveal McInnes has?

5. The narrator states that ________ is like a railroad club car that had somehow run itself off the tracks into a swamp of time where it awaited the blows of the wrecking ball.

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