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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What specific beverage are the soldiers drinking in "Today Is Friday"?
(a) White wine.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Red wine.
(d) Beer.

2. What time do the three soldiers arrive at the drinking place in "Today Is Friday"?
(a) Nine o'clock.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Eleven o'clock.
(d) Ten o'clock.

3. What day is pay-day for the soldiers in "Today Is Friday"?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

4. In "A Canary For One," what does the American woman say the canary loves?
(a) The sun.
(b) Crackers.
(c) Flying.
(d) People.

5. Where does the story "Today is Friday" take place?
(a) In a cemetery.
(b) In a restaurant.
(c) In a drinking place, like a bar.
(d) In the woods.

6. What kind of girl does John urge Nick to meet and marry in "Now I Lay Me"?
(a) An Italian girl.
(b) A French girl.
(c) An American girl.
(d) A Spanish girl.

7. In "A Canary For One," what city is the destination for American woman and the American couple?
(a) Lyons.
(b) Paris.
(c) Marseille.
(d) Florence.

8. In "An Alpine Idyll," what does the innkeeper call the peasants?
(a) Barbarians.
(b) Little children.
(c) Beasts.
(d) Idiots.

9. In what city does the story "A Pursuit Race" end up?
(a) Kansas City.
(b) New York City.
(c) Oklahoma City.
(d) Paris.

10. What is the third thing Nick tries and remember in "Now I Lay Me" when he cannot sleep?
(a) All the men he knew from the war.
(b) All the aniimals in the world.
(c) All his ex-girlfriends.
(d) All the mistakes he has made.

11. What is the earliest thing Nick remembers from his childhood in the story "Now I Lay Me"?
(a) His first birthday party.
(b) The attac in the house where he was born.
(c) The birth of his sister.
(d) HIs childhood bedroom.

12. What does the innkeeper bring the two men in "An Alpine Idyll"?
(a) Their wives.
(b) Hamburgers.
(c) Their mail.
(d) Hot coffee.

13. What does Nick say he wants to do when he is back home from the war in "Now I Lay Me"?
(a) Write for a paper.
(b) Have children.
(c) Get married.
(d) Buy a farm.

14. In "Now I Lay Me," what would Nick use for bait when he ran out of worms?
(a) Flies he made.
(b) Insects.
(c) Wood chips.
(d) Snakes.

15. In the story "Now I Lay Me," John tells Nick that if he get's married, what will be no longer do?
(a) Drink.
(b) Write.
(c) Worry.
(d) Gamble.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Ten Indians," who won the ball game they had gone to see?

2. In "Banal Story," what sort of short stories does "fhe Forum" contain?

3. Where did the main character read that the English cricketers were sharpening their wickets in "Banal Story"?

4. What does Nick listen to in "Now I Lay Me" while he is trying to fall asleep?

5. In the story “A Pursuit Race,” what has William Campbell been in a pursuit race with?

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