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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. What is the imaginary creature to whom William refers and speaks in "A Pursuit Race"?
(a) A dragon.
(b) A canary.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A cat.

2. In the story "Now I Lay Me, what does Nick "do" for his parents, when he remembers them?
(a) Screams.
(b) Cries.
(c) Prays.
(d) Yells.

3. In "Ten Indians," who won the ball game they had gone to see?
(a) Petrosky.
(b) The Giants.
(c) Miramand.
(d) Volosky.

4. What is the name of the family with whom Nick is traveling for the holiday in "Ten Indians"?
(a) The Romans.
(b) The Garners.
(c) The Smiths.
(d) The Millers.

5. What does Joe Garner call Nick when he is teasing him about liking an Indian girl in "Ten Indians"?
(a) Lovebird.
(b) A sissy.
(c) Nickie.
(d) A girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Canary For One," what does the American woman say the canary loves?

2. In his drunken state, what does William speak through in the story "A Pursuite Race"?

3. In "Now I Lay Me," why would Nick run out of worms when he went fishing?

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

5. In his real life, how did Hemingway ultimately die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the mean stereotype that Carl says to Nick about his Indian girlfriend in "Ten Indians"?

2. Why do you think the author does not reveal that the narrator of "A Canary For One" is the American man, until the end of the story?

3. Who is the narrator for the short story “A Canary for One?”

4. Overall, what is the author’s perspective on women and romantic relationships?

5. How does the woman’s daughter in "A Canary For One" react when she is taken away from her foreign lover?

6. Why is the title of "Today Is Friday" in present tense?

7. Why do the innkeeper and the sexton call the peasant a beast in "An Alpine Idyll"?

8. What do Nick and the Garner boys see on their trip back from the Fourth of July festivities in "Ten Indians"?

9. How does Nick respond when he hears about Prudence Mitchelle and Frank Washburn in "Ten Indians"?

10. What are the three soldiers discussing while they drink in "Today is Friday"?

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