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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. Why is the narrator visiting Dundun in Story 4?
(a) To buy pharmaceutical opium.
(b) To buy marijuana.
(c) To appologize to him.
(d) To spend time with him.

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

3. Who is the only customer at the Vine when the narrator arrives in the beginning of Story 5?
(a) Jack.
(b) Mitchell.
(c) Wayne.
(d) Scout.

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

5. What does Jack Hotel and the narrator buy with their money in Story 3?
(a) Heroin.
(b) A cell phone.
(c) A car.
(d) An apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Story 2, where does the narrator meet the "first man"?

2. In Story 5, what offer does Wayne make to the narrator?

3. Who used to own the house that the narrator and Wayne are at?

4. What is the name of the narrator's two friends in Story 2?

5. Who is the narrator of Story 2 referring to when he says, "I'd better just go after him, instead of waiting"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Define the literary term of tone. What is the tone of Story 1?

2. Describe the character of Dundun.

3. Describe The Vine as seen in Story 3.

4. Discuss the drug abuse seen in Story 3.

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

6. Discuss the mini-theme of the manifestation of nature a seen in Story 1.

7. Where does the narrator of Story 3 receive money from?

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

9. Describe the three people the narrator first introduces to the reader at the beginning of Story 1. How does the narrator interact with these three people?

10. Who encourages the narrator of Story 5 to work with him? What type of work do they perform? Explain.

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