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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 occupation does the stepfather in "The House on Maple Street" hold?
(a) He is a banker.
(b) He is an artist.
(c) He is a professor.
(d) He is unemployed.

2. Who does Katie receive a phone call from at the end of "Sorry, Right Number"?
(a) Bill.
(b) Polly.
(c) Jeff.
(d) Katie.

3. Who is left alive after the gunfight in "The Fifth Quarter"?
(a) Barney.
(b) Jerry.
(c) Keenan.
(d) Sarge.

4. Who does the cook in "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" resemble?
(a) Janis Joplin.
(b) Buddy Holly.
(c) Roy Orbison.
(d) Ricky Nelson.

5. How does Jerry Tarkanian get the object of his desire?
(a) He hires someone to get it.
(b) He buys it.
(c) He holds two men at gunpoint.
(d) He gets it through legal means.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does "My Pretty Pony" take place in?

2. What do the kids decide to do to their stepfather in "The House on Maple Street"?

3. Where do John and Elise Graham travel to?

4. What is the name of the third living accomplice to the car heist in "The Fifth Quarter"?

5. What is the name of the stepfather in "The House on Maple Street"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does "The Fifth Quarter" end?

2. How does Katie react to the phone call she receives while Bill looks for a blank videotape in "Sorry, Right Number"?

3. Why is Mary Willingham jumpy about the town in "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band"?

4. Why do John and Elise Graham travel to Willow, Maine, from St. Louis, Missouri, in "Rainy Season"?

5. What happened to Lonnie Freeman in "Crouch End"?

6. How does the father react to his son wanting to see one of his adaptations in "Sorry, Right Number"?

7. How did Doris and her husband end up in Crouch End?

8. Describe Maddie Pace in "Home Delivery."

9. Describe a 'batman' from "The Ten O'Clock People."

10. Describe Clivey in "My Pretty Pony."

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