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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Happy Hour as it is referred to in Story 9?
(a) Buy 2, get 1 free desserts.
(b) Buy 1, get 2 free alcoholic beverages.
(c) Buy 1, get 1 free appetizers.
(d) Buy 1, get 3 free side dishes.

2. Who is Angelique?
(a) The 17 year old belly dancer.
(b) The narrator's wife.
(c) The bartender.
(d) Wayne's wife.

3. How long has the narrator been working at the hospital in Story 6?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 16 weeks.

4. Where does Georgie tell the narrator he wants to go in Story 6?
(a) To the zoo.
(b) To the park.
(c) To the aquarium.
(d) To church.

5. The narrator defines Michelle in Story 7 as all of the following except for which?
(a) A traitor.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Loner.
(d) A murderer.

6. For what reason does the narrator say Michelle fired the gun at him?
(a) She wanted to eat his heart.
(b) She wanted to kill him.
(c) She wanted his drugs.
(d) She wanted to scare him.

7. Who is the orderly at the hospital is a friend of the narrator in Story 6?
(a) Billy.
(b) Max.
(c) Niel.
(d) Georgie.

8. Who says in Story 8, "In Warsaw, my city, we drive in the park after twelve in the night, but the rules are saying no, you must not go to the park after this time, 12pm middle-night"?
(a) Maury.
(b) The second man.
(c) Kelly.
(d) The narrator.

9. In Story 8, what is the military woman at the tavern's marital status?
(a) Newly married.
(b) Single.
(c) Recently widowed.
(d) Recently divorce.

10. According to the narrator of Story 6, where he is now, how many weeks of winter occur in September?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

11. Why does the narrator of Story 8 not take the military woman from the tavern to a motel?
(a) He doesn't want to have relations with her.
(b) He can't afford it.
(c) He doesn't want to leave the tavern.
(d) His friend is waiting for him.

12. The narrator follows the man from the train into a ________ in Story 7.
(a) Hardware store.
(b) Bookstore.
(c) Laundromat.
(d) Grocery store.

13. What is the "second man's" real name?
(a) Larry.
(b) Kevin.
(c) Brian.
(d) His name is unknown.

14. Every time Bill thinks of his first bullet wound, what happens to him?
(a) He screams.
(b) He has a recurring dream.
(c) He faints.
(d) He cries.

15. While hiking through the woods in Story 6, the narrator and Georgie stumble upon what they think is a(n) ________, but it is actually a(n) ________.
(a) Indian graveyard / playground.
(b) Horse ranch / bull ranch.
(c) Military graveyard / drive-in movie theater.
(d) Drive-in movie theater / pet cemetary.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Story 8, ________ is Seattle's much favored sad jukebox song.

2. The narrator indicates that the two men he sees at the hospital in Story 8 were brought together by common ________.

3. What happens to the baby rabbits at the end of Story 6?

4. In Story 7, the narrator recalls that on his ________ birthday, Michelle tried to ________ the narrator.

5. The narrator reveals in Story 7 that the driver of the train is ________.

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