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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. The narrator indicates that the two men he sees at the hospital in Story 8 were brought together by common ________.
(a) Interests.
(b) Ailments.
(c) Circumstances.
(d) Decree.

2. Why does the narrator go to the Savoy Hotel in Story 7?
(a) To look for Michelle.
(b) To buy drugs.
(c) To book a room.
(d) To hide from Michelle.

3. What type of blemish does Bill have on his face?
(a) Hives.
(b) Bullet hole.
(c) Mole.
(d) Acne.

4. What happens to the baby rabbits at the end of Story 6?
(a) Georgie runs them over.
(b) The narrator squishes them.
(c) They hop away.
(d) A bird snatches them.

5. What animal does Georgie run over in Story 6?
(a) Dog.
(b) Duck.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Squirrel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator's girlfriend in Story 7?

2. What does Georgie believe to be all over the Operating Room floor in Story 6?

3. According to the narrator in Story 7, Michelle leaves him permanently for a man named ________.

4. What is the "second man's" real name?

5. Who does the military woman from the tavern say she could introduce the narrator to her husband as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Terrence play in Story 6? How do the other characters in the story handle Terrence's situation?

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

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

4. In what way is the title "Emergency" a direct metaphor of the narrator's life in Story 6?

5. Discuss the importance of Terrence's knife in Story 6.

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

7. Who is the narrator searching for in Seattle in Story 9? What does he recall about this person?

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

9. Explain how the relationship between the Story 8 narrator and military wife at the bar reinforces the theme of the tension between desperation and compassion.

10. What happens when the narrator goes to visit a pair of friends in Story 8?

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