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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in Story 2, how does he feel about his child?
(a) He hates him.
(b) He enjoys him.
(c) He wants to put him up for adoption.
(d) He is afraid of him.

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

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

4. In Story 1, who runs a furniture store?
(a) The narrator's wife.
(b) The Indian's father.
(c) The Salesman's girlfriend.
(d) The Student's brother.

5. In his flashback, the narrator in Story 1 reveals that earlier in the day the ________ and him had swept down into ________.
(a) The Teacher / Chinatown.
(b) The Student / Savannah.
(c) The Indian / Forks.
(d) Salesman / Kansas City.

6. 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) 3 years.
(d) 19 years.

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

8. What type of weapon is the narrator carrying on him in Story 2?
(a) Mace.
(b) A knife.
(c) A gun.
(d) A hammer.

9. The narrator reveals in Story 2 that one of his friends got hurt while they were burglarizing a ________.
(a) Gas station.
(b) Pharmacy.
(c) Department store.
(d) Bank.

10. What is the minimum amount of years Jack Hotel could spend in jail for his crime?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

12. 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.
(a) The Vine.
(b) Wayne.
(c) Money.
(d) His life.

13. 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) The narrator.
(c) Richard.
(d) The new companion.

14. About how old does the narrator guess the sleeping baby in the backseat of the family's vehicle to be in Story 1?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 12 month.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 24 months.

15. Who was the naked woman flying over the river behind the boat in Story 5?
(a) Wayne's girlfriend.
(b) Wayne's ex-fiance.
(c) Wayne's daughter.
(d) Wayne's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, he and the Salesman developed a dangerous cynical camaraderie beginning in ________.

2. Why is the narrator visiting Dundun in Story 4?

3. According to Dundun in Story 4, why does McInnes not feel good?

4. What does the narrator find inside his car in Story 2?

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

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