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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. 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) The narrator.
(b) The second man.
(c) Maury.
(d) Kelly.

2. Story 9 opens with the narrator saying he was after a ________ who was always in the company of a boy.
(a) 14 year old cowgirl.
(b) 17 year old belly dancer.
(c) 16 year old cheerleader.
(d) 15 year old ballerina.

3. What is the narrator of Story 10 referring to when he says to bill, "Pay me back when they give you yours"?
(a) Candy.
(b) Gum.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Money.

4. To what city do Michelle and John run off to?
(a) Houston.
(b) Kansas City.
(c) Boise.
(d) Charleston.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money does Nez Perce say the narrator owes him in Story 9?

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

4. Who is out in front of the abortion building in Story 7?

5. According to the narrator in Story 8, where does the narrator meet the "second man"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What key point does the narrator make between the intimacy between men and women in Story 7?

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

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

4. 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.

5. Discuss the relationship between John Smith and Michelle.

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

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

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

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

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

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