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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 sort of accident does Teddy Kennedy have during the trip?
(a) Headstanding.
(b) Tricycle.
(c) Skateboarding.
(d) Boating.

2. The narrator of "Pen Pals" claims that who is the biggest fan of Mother Teresa?
(a) Princess Diana.
(b) Michael Jackson.
(c) Gerald Ford.
(d) Prince.

3. What good news does Diana share with Teresa in her last letter in "Pen Pals"?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is going on a cruise.
(c) She is moving to Calcutta.
(d) Her divorce from Prince Charles.

4. What was Jangles' next role supposed to be, according to the narrator of "Local News"?
(a) Annie.
(b) Toto in Wizard of Oz.
(c) Lassie.
(d) Rizzo in Grease.

5. What does Al Haig give up to get Ford to sign Nixon's pardon?
(a) His favorite watch.
(b) His Cross pen.
(c) His top hat.
(d) His sense of humor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator of "Breakfast at Kennedy's"?

2. What is Diana's reaction when she does not receive an answer from Mother Teresa in "Pen Pals"?

3. What does the narrator of "Martha Stewart's Vagina" say the interior vagina should be?

4. Which department store does the narrator of "Martha Stewart's Vagina" mention in her short story?

5. Who finds da Vinci's lost notebook, according to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jack Kennedy characterized in "Breakfast at Kennedy's"? Do you think this is a favorable description?

2. Which drawing in da Vinci's notebook do you think sounds the most interesting?

3. Who is Senor Jangles as described in "Local News"?

4. Why does Eileen go to rehab? What is her reaction?

5. How is the disappearance of da Vinci's notebook explained in "Da Vinci: the Lost Notebook"?

6. Do you admire the Hansons? Why?

7. Why do you think Stewart, a Jew, would write in this manner about Judaism?

8. Describe the setting for this story as given in the beginning of "Breakfast at Kennedy's."

9. What mascots does Stewart suggest for New Judaism?

10. How does the point of view affect the reader's perspective in "Lack of Power"?

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