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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 will be ready to date him in a few months.
(d) By telling him she is not interested in a relationship.

2. What do people think when they see the young man in The Man Who Loved Flowers?
(a) That he is in love.
(b) That he is stupid.
(c) That he is rich.
(d) That he is insane.

3. Where does Johnny leave the pill bottle?
(a) On the pillow by his mother.
(b) Inside the top of his mother's purse.
(c) In his pocket.
(d) In the trashcan.

4. What does Larry find out happened to his sister?
(a) She was murdered.
(b) She divorced her husband.
(c) She committed suicide.
(d) She is a showgirl.

5. In The Ledge, what is Stan Norris' profession?
(a) He is a love counselor.
(b) He is a drug dealer.
(c) He is a mobster.
(d) He teachs tennis.

6. What does Larry find waiting for him when he returns home in The Last Rung on the Ladder?
(a) A letter from his sister.
(b) His sister.
(c) A letter from his father.
(d) A newspaper clipping from his sister.

7. Which president is mentioned in The Man Who Loved Flowers?
(a) Washington.
(b) JFK.
(c) FDR.
(d) Lincoln.

8. What does the young man in The Man Who Loved Flowers stop to purchase?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) Tea.
(d) Flowers.

9. With what sort of intention about smoking does Dick Morrison go to Quitters, Inc.?
(a) Not fully committed to quit.
(b) Full-fledged intention to quit.
(c) Nonchalant commitment to quit.
(d) Half-hearted intention to quit.

10. What is the consequence of Morrison cheating the second time on program to quit smoking?
(a) He will recieve an electric shock.
(b) His wife will recieve an electric shock.
(c) His daughter will recieve an electric shock.
(d) His son will receive an electric shock.

11. What causes the narrator of Strawberry Spring to flashback?
(a) An article in the newspaper.
(b) A story on the radio.
(c) A story on the television.
(d) Seeing his old college friend.

12. What is The Woman in the Room about?
(a) Horror.
(b) Romance.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Euthanasia.

13. Who is the first person narrator in One For the Road?
(a) The man.
(b) Booth.
(c) A vampire.
(d) Tookey.

14. Which of the following is not something the person who comes to mow Harold's lawn does?
(a) He is naked.
(b) Eats a woodchuck.
(c) Eats a squirrel.
(d) Eats the lawn cuttings like a goat.

15. What does Johnny's mother ask him to sneak her sometimes?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Her journal.
(c) Powerful painkillers.
(d) Aspirin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Booth, Tookey, and the man arrive at the car, what do they discover?

2. In The Woman in the Room, what is Johnny's mother dying of?

3. What is Morrison's wife's reaction to learning about the Quitters, Inc. program?

4. Who does Harold expect will come to mow his lawn?

5. What location does the man in One for the Road say he left his wife and daughter near?

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