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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 does Nick listen to in "Now I Lay Me" while he is trying to fall asleep?
(a) The sound of silk worms eating.
(b) Coyotes howling.
(c) The sound of men laughing loudly while they drink.
(d) Babies crying.

2. What is the name of the Indian girl who breaks Nick’s heart in "Ten Indians"?
(a) Mitchelle Prudence.
(b) Prudence Mitchelle.
(c) Michelle Hayes.
(d) Prudence Piper.

3. Where was William when the burlesque show caught up with him in "A Pursuit Race"?
(a) Downtown.
(b) At the bar.
(c) Gambling.
(d) In bed.

4. In what town is the story “As I Lay Me” set?
(a) Milan.
(b) Venice.
(c) Paris.
(d) Madrid.

5. In the story "A Canary For One," what is the name of the hotel that the American woman and the couple have stayed at in the past?
(a) Tros Couronnes.
(b) Tres Couronnes.
(c) El Stanely.
(d) El Verdad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the male narrator think that the American woman assumes he is English in "A Canary For One"?

2. In "Now I Lay Me," what is the specific item Nick remembers, which belonged to his parents?

3. In "Now I Lay Me," how many other people are in the bedroom with Nick?

4. In the story "Now I Lay Me," John tells Nick that if he get's married, what will be no longer do?

5. What is William still doing at the end of "A Pursuit Race"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In "A Canary For One," why did the American woman take her daughter away?

5. What does William say about the wolf he sees and hears in "A Pursuit Race"?

6. What was the reason that the peasant needed to store his wife’s body until the weather changed in "An Alpine Idyll"?

7. Why does Nick think about trout streams and say prayers at night in "Now I Lay Me"?

8. What does Nick begin thinking about after John gives him advice in "Now I Lay Me"?

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

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

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