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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator wake up in ‘The Man on the Stairs’?
(a) She has a nightmare.
(b) She hears an intruder.
(c) She has to pee.
(d) She needs to pay a bill.

2. Who dies in 'Majesty'?
(a) The narrator.
(b) John.
(c) Potato.
(d) Maria.

3. Who does the narrator confront in ‘The Man on the Stairs’?
(a) The man on the stairs.
(b) Tina.
(c) Jack.
(d) Kevin.

4. What does Helena do for work?
(a) She is a physician's assistant.
(b) She is a professor.
(c) She is a chef.
(d) She is a singer.

5. Who is Victor?
(a) A man who owns an art gallery.
(b) A man who works as a personal chef.
(c) A man who is a prince.
(d) A man who works at a leather company.

6. Why is the main character of 'This Person' happy at the beginning of the story?
(a) They got fired.
(b) They reached a major goal.
(c) They got married.
(d) They got engaged.

7. Who suffers from mild epilepsy?
(a) Josh.
(b) Helena.
(c) Vincent.
(d) Kevin.

8. Who is blamed for a death in 'Majesty'?
(a) The narrator.
(b) A neighborhood kid.
(c) Potato.
(d) The garbage man.

9. What happens when an employee works at Deagan Leather for 20 years?
(a) They get a party and a lifetime supply of purses.
(b) Nothing happens.
(c) They get fired.
(d) They get a raise.

10. What is the narrator's main problem in ‘The Man on the Stairs’?
(a) She has a bad temper.
(b) She is mean.
(c) She rushes through life.
(d) She is impatient.

11. What does Blanca supposedly look like?
(a) She has long hair.
(b) She is tall.
(c) She is brunette.
(d) She is blonde.

12. Who has never known true love in ‘The Man on the Stairs’?
(a) Alice.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Kevin.
(d) The man on the stairs.

13. Who is Helena?
(a) Vincent's cousin.
(b) Vincent's neighbor.
(c) Vincent's sister.
(d) Vincent's wife.

14. Whose dream comes true in ‘This Person’?
(a) The narrator's mother.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Blanca.
(d) The narrator's wife.

15. Who admits he does not have a sister in 'The Sister'?
(a) Blanca.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Allen.
(d) Victor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a New Man?

2. What is Positive magazine about?

3. Who has worked at Deagan Leather for 20 years?

4. What drugs do Victor and his coworker do?

5. Who used to swim competitively in high school?

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