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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. In Story 7, what do the picketers outside the abortion clinic throw at the narrator when he leaves the building?
(a) Bibles.
(b) Holy water.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Rice.

2. In Story 7, the narrator recalls that on his ________ birthday, Michelle tried to ________ the narrator.
(a) 24th / shoot.
(b) 21st / leave.
(c) 18th / stab.
(d) 30th / marry.

3. The narrator reveals in Story 7 that the driver of the train is ________.
(a) Blind.
(b) Blind and deaf.
(c) Mute.
(d) Deaf.

4. When Bill looks back at his life, he says he sees _______.
(a) A pretty rainbow.
(b) Wrecked cars.
(c) A dark hole.
(d) Flowery meadows.

5. What is the "second man's" real name?
(a) Kevin.
(b) Larry.
(c) Brian.
(d) His name is unknown.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What drug does the narrator of Story 6 say is a very famous guru of the love generation?

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

4. The first time Bill was shot, the bullet went in his ________.

5. How many baby rabbits were there in Story 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does the action of the second part of Story 8 take place? Describe this location.

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

4. Who is the only female in Story 7 that is given a name? Why is she the only one the narrator names?

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

6. Discuss the relationship between John Smith and Michelle.

7. Briefly discuss the three train rides the narrator recalls in Story 7.

8. In what way is the large horse pill the narrator receives in Story 9 a prize for the narrator?

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

10. 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.

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