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

2. Who is Alsatia?
(a) The narrator's wife.
(b) Richard's daughter.
(c) Caplan's girlfriend.
(d) Stan's sister.

3. Who overdoses on heroin at the end of Story 3?
(a) Kid Williams.
(b) The Salesman.
(c) Georgie.
(d) Jack Hotel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When asked by the semi-truck driver, "Is everybody dead?" How does the narrator respond?

3. What is the narrator's marital status in Story 2?

4. Where does Dundun live?

5. What is the minimum amount of years Jack Hotel could spend in jail for his crime?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Is Richard the one who the narrator briefly describes as being injured and arrested during a burglary attempt? Explain.

5. While working with Wayne at the abandoned house, what is the narrator and Wayne distracted by? Who is this person?

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

7. Define the literary element of foreshadowing. How is this literary element used in Story 1?

8. Who is Wayne? Describe his relationship with the narrator in Story 5.

9. Discuss the drug abuse seen in Story 3.

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

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