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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the first person narrator in One For the Road?
(a) Booth.
(b) Tookey.
(c) The man.
(d) A vampire.
2. When does Norris' trouble start?
(a) When he falls off the ledge.
(b) When he threatens a mobster.
(c) When he starts dealing drugs.
(d) When he falls in love with a client.
3. Who is Cressner?
(a) The mobster fiance of Norris' lover.
(b) The mobster whom Norris owes money to.
(c) The mobster husband of Norris' lover.
(d) The mobster who is Norris' boss.
4. What does Larry think back on in The Last Rung of the Ladder?
(a) His father's strict punishments.
(b) The old barn with a third loft.
(c) His own life.
(d) Milking the cows with his sister.
5. What do the people nickname the killer in Strawberry Spring?
(a) Strawberry Jack.
(b) Spring Jack.
(c) Strawberry Spring Jack.
(d) Springheel Jack.
6. What do people think when they see the young man in The Man Who Loved Flowers?
(a) That he is rich.
(b) That he is in love.
(c) That he is insane.
(d) That he is stupid.
7. What does the narrator of Strawberry Spring suspect?
(a) That he is the killer.
(b) That his old college roommate is the killer.
(c) That Springheel Jack still exists.
(d) That his wife is the killer.
8. With what sort of intention about smoking does Dick Morrison go to Quitters, Inc.?
(a) Nonchalant commitment to quit.
(b) Half-hearted intention to quit.
(c) Full-fledged intention to quit.
(d) Not fully committed to quit.
9. Why did Katrina let go when Larry told her to even though she didn't know what he was planning?
(a) Because she knew he called their father.
(b) Because she knew he was piling hay underneath her.
(c) Because she trusted him.
(d) Because she knew he had another ladder ready.
10. What does Norris do to Cressner?
(a) Shoots him.
(b) Knocks him unconscious.
(c) Pushes him off the ledge.
(d) Forces him to walk the ledge.
11. What does "strawberry spring" refer to?
(a) The beginning of spring.
(b) A false spring.
(c) A time when people like to eat strawberries.
(d) A time when strawberries are abundant.
12. How does Elizabeth keep Ed at arm's length?
(a) By telling him she has a boyfriend.
(b) By telling him she is not interested in men.
(c) By telling him she is not interested in a relationship.
(d) By telling him she will be ready to date him in a few months.
13. How did the first strawberry spring end?
(a) The storm came.
(b) The fog continued to grow.
(c) The storm blew in and the fog went away.
(d) The strawberries died.
14. What does Johnny's mother ask him to sneak her sometimes?
(a) Aspirin.
(b) Her journal.
(c) Powerful painkillers.
(d) Heroin.
15. When Booth, Tookey, and the man arrive at the car, what do they discover?
(a) It is on fire.
(b) It has been smashed.
(c) It is gone.
(d) It is empty.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Cressner reveal to Norris?
2. What does the young man in The Man Who Loved Flowers stop to purchase?
3. What theme is The Lawnmower Man based on?
4. What is The Woman in the Room about?
5. What must Norris do in the bet made between him and Cressner?
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