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

2. Why is Eileen's handwriting sloppy?
(a) Her heart is pounding.
(b) She is writing in her limousine.
(c) She is going through withdrawal.
(d) She is drunk and/or high.

3. How many pages of drawings are in da Vinci's notebook?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Five.
(d) Five hundred.

4. When does Spain offer Jews conversion or expulsion?
(a) 1492.
(b) 1750.
(c) 1900.
(d) 2001.

5. Where are the tape recordings of the Nixon era now stored, according to "Lack of Power: the Ford Tapes"?
(a) The British Museum.
(b) The White House.
(c) In Ford's son's garage.
(d) The Alamo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the style of Diana's letter to Mother Teresa?

2. What does Eileen Hanson write at the end of her letter?

3. What do the Cambodians hold captive while Ford tries to open a Coke bottle?

4. Where is Senor Jangles killed?

5. Who arrives last to Jesus' dinner in "The Last Supper"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do you think of the tone of "Martha Stewart's Vagina"? Do you think it's funny or offensive?

3. Describe the relationship between Eileen and her children.

4. Do you admire the Hansons? Why?

5. How are Princess Diana and Mother Teresa different as they are portrayed in "Pen Pals"? How are they the same?

6. Do you like Martha Stewart based on what you read in this short story? Why or why not?

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

8. Explain the symbolic meaning of da Vinci's lost notebook in "Da Vinci: the Lost Notebook."

9. What role does the narrator play in "Breakfast at Kennedy's"?

10. Describe the religion of Judaism from what you know after reading "The New Judaism."

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