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

2. 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.

3. What did Larry do to save his sister when they were children?
(a) Call their father.
(b) Pile hay underneath her.
(c) Get another ladder.
(d) Catch her.

4. Where do Burt and Vicky end up while they are driving?
(a) Mountains.
(b) A forest.
(c) Cornfields.
(d) A lake.

5. When does Norris' trouble start?
(a) When he threatens a mobster.
(b) When he starts dealing drugs.
(c) When he falls in love with a client.
(d) When he falls off the ledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Norris do to Cressner?

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

3. What is the consequence of Morrison cheating his first time on the program to quit smoking?

4. What year is The Man Who Loved Flowers set in?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What decision does Johnny struggle with in The Woman in the Room?

2. What does Children of the Corn suggest cornfields are a symbol of?

3. What is the basic premise of I Know What You Need?

4. What is the main purpose of The Man Who Loved Flowers?

5. What type of person is Stan Norris in The Ledge?

6. Briefly describe Elizabeth's character in I Know What You Need.

7. What do people think about the young man in The Man Who Loved Flowers and is their assumption correct?

8. How does marital discord influence the story in Children of the Corn?

9. In Quitters, Inc. what sight causes Morrison to want to go to the police and not accept the program he signed up for?

10. What is Harold horrified to learn about the man he hired to mow his lawn in The Lawnmower Man?

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