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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Story 3 opens with the narrator seeing ________ in an olive-green three-piece suit, with his blond hair combed back and his face shining and suffering.
(a) Georgie.
(b) Thatcher.
(c) Jack Hotel.
(d) Richard.

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

5. What type of vehicle does the narrator of Story 2 drive?
(a) A Prius.
(b) A Jeep.
(c) A Mustang.
(d) A Volkswagon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crime was Jack Hotel being tried for in Story 3?

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

3. According to the narrator of Story 3, at ________ some of the most terrible things happen to him.

4. What does Jack Hotel and the narrator buy with their money in Story 3?

5. How old is the narrator's child in Story 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Analyze the family who picks up the hitchhiking narrator in Story 1. What are some characteristics of this family?

2. Show how and when the narrator's violent side is exposed in Story 2.

3. Discuss the narrator's relationship with the three women in Story 5.

4. At the end of Story 5, the narrator makes reference to his mother. Explain this reference and to whom is he referring to.

5. Describe the character of Jack Hotel. Discuss the interaction he has with the narrator.

6. Discuss the scene where the narrator and his friends meet their new companion in Story 2.

7. Describe Dundun's violence against Jack Hotel as described by the narrator in Story 4.

8. Describe the character of Dundun.

9. What does the term "sacrifice" refer to when Wayne says, "It is my sacrifice" after the narrator offers to buy a round of beers at The Vine.

10. Define and discuss imagery which is found in Story 2.

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