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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. The narrator in Story 8 has all of the following family members except for which?
(a) A mother.
(b) A brother.
(c) A brother.
(d) A sister.

2. How does Michelle die in Story 7?
(a) She overdoses on pills.
(b) She hangs herself.
(c) She is in a car accident.
(d) She is murdered.

3. What happens to the baby rabbits at the end of Story 6?
(a) A bird snatches them.
(b) They hop away.
(c) Georgie runs them over.
(d) The narrator squishes them.

4. What is the name of the tavern across from the hospital that the narrator goes to in Story 8?
(a) Bella's.
(b) Christy's.
(c) Dakota's.
(d) Kelly's.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What motel is the narrator and Michelle staying at in Story 7?

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

4. From whom did Bill receive two of his bullet wounds from?

5. How long has the narrator been working at the hospital in Story 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Discuss the relationship between John Smith and Michelle.

9. 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.

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

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