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

2. Where does the narrator say the "second man" from Story 8 is from?
(a) Poland.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Ireland.

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

4. What does Georgie believe to be all over the Operating Room floor in Story 6?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Blood.
(c) Gum.
(d) Rats.

5. In Story 9, what city is the narrator in?
(a) Granite Falls.
(b) Forks.
(c) Arlington.
(d) Seattle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator go to the Savoy Hotel in Story 7?

2. What motel is the narrator and Michelle staying at in Story 7?

3. Story 9 opens with the narrator saying he was after a ________ who was always in the company of a boy.

4. In Story 7, the narrator follows a man off the train and into a ________ neighborhood.

5. The narrator of Story 7 recalls that John Smith had once tried to sell him a ________ .

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the relationship between John Smith and Michelle.

2. Discuss the relevance of the baby rabbits to Story 6.

3. Who does the term "other man" refer to in Story 8.

4. Discuss the significance of the two men at the hospital the narrator sees in Story 8.

5. Discuss the irony behind Bill seeing the victims of a car crash as "just meat."

6. What is the irony behind the title of the story "Happy Hour"?

7. How did Bill receive his bullet holes? How do these bullet holes haunt Bill?

8. What is Hardee's emergency seen in Story 6?

9. How does Bill define him? What is his perspective on the world? Explain.

10. What key point does the narrator make between the intimacy between men and women in Story 7?

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