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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. According to the narrator in Story 10, the nurses at the hospital are pumping ________ by the quart.
(a) Vicodin.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Demerol.
(d) Haldol.

2. In Story 7, the narrator follows a man off the train and into a ________ neighborhood.
(a) Italian.
(b) Polish.
(c) German.
(d) Korean.

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

4. How many baby rabbits were there in Story 6?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

5. When did the military woman at tavern get married?
(a) 4 days ago.
(b) 7 years ago.
(c) Never married.
(d) 2 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Angelique?

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

3. Who extracts the knife from Terrence?

4. How does Michelle die in Story 7?

5. What type of accent does the "second man" have in Story 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Briefly describe the "second man" in Story 8.

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

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

5. What does the final lines in Story 7 reveal about the narrator's view of Michelle's abortion?

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

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

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

9. How is Georgie portrayed by the narrator in Story 6. How do the narrator and Georgie know each other?

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

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