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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. How much money does Nez Perce say the narrator owes him in Story 9?
(a) $5.
(b) $25.
(c) $0.25.
(d) $2.
2. What happens to the baby rabbits at the end of Story 6?
(a) A bird snatches them.
(b) The narrator squishes them.
(c) Georgie runs them over.
(d) They hop away.
3. According to the narrator in Story 8, where does the narrator meet the "second man"?
(a) Lake Okeechobee.
(b) Puget Sound.
(c) Stony Creek.
(d) Mississippi River.
4. Why does the narrator go to the Savoy Hotel in Story 7?
(a) To book a room.
(b) To hide from Michelle.
(c) To buy drugs.
(d) To look for Michelle.
5. How long has the narrator been working at the hospital in Story 6?
(a) 16 weeks.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 weeks.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the narrator of Story 9, Happy Hour is also referred to as ________.
2. Who is out in front of the abortion building in Story 7?
3. What is Georgie referring to when he says, "We killed the mother and saved the children"?
4. Who is the orderly at the hospital is a friend of the narrator in Story 6?
5. The narrator follows the man from the train into a ________ in Story 7.
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. In what way is the title "Emergency" a direct metaphor of the narrator's life in Story 6?
3. Who does the term "other man" refer to in Story 8.
4. How is Georgie portrayed by the narrator in Story 6. How do the narrator and Georgie know each other?
5. Discuss the irony behind Bill seeing the victims of a car crash as "just meat."
6. What is Hardee's emergency seen in Story 6?
7. What is the irony behind the title of the story "Happy Hour"?
8. Discuss the relationship between John Smith and Michelle.
9. Briefly discuss the three train rides the narrator recalls in Story 7.
10. What happens when the narrator goes to visit a pair of friends in Story 8?
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