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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) Tire iron / wife.
(d) Baseball bat / sister.

2. How does the narrator's "new companion" communicate in Story 2?
(a) By song.
(b) With pictures.
(c) In pig-latin.
(d) By sign language.

3. 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.

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

5. In Story 5, what offer does Wayne make to the narrator?
(a) To go to work with him.
(b) Wayne wants to be roommates with the narrator.
(c) Wayne wants to buy the narrator's car.
(d) To open up a business together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Tim Bishop?

2. Where is the family from that picks up the hitchhiking narrator in Story 1?

3. 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"?

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

5. What does the Salesman hit with his car causing a severe accident in Story 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Discuss comical irony which is found in Story 2.

10. What can the passive reaction of the trucker in Story 1 be seen as a metaphoric representation of?

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