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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 8, where does the narrator meet the "second man"?
(a) Lake Okeechobee.
(b) Stony Creek.
(c) Puget Sound.
(d) Mississippi River.

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

3. Around 3:30am, a guy with a _______ in his ________ comes into the hospital in Story 6.
(a) Saw / arm.
(b) Tree branch / abdomen.
(c) Fork / leg.
(d) Knife / eye.

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

5. Who says in Story 8, "In Warsaw, my city, we drive in the park after twelve in the night, but the rules are saying no, you must not go to the park after this time, 12pm middle-night"?
(a) Kelly.
(b) The second man.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Maury.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator in Story 10?

2. What is Georgie referring to when he says, "We killed the mother and saved the children"?

3. The narrator reveals in Story 7 that the driver of the train is ________.

4. What part of the hospital is the narrator working at in Story 6?

5. What two people is the narrator calling for in the streets in Story 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the relevance of picketers standing outside the abortion clinic in Story 7?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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