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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Airborne," why is Leonie's hair wispy?
(a) Stress.
(b) A second bought of chemo.
(c) Alopecia.
(d) She chopped it all off.

2. In "Widows," how old is Stevie compared to Nell?
(a) He is a year older.
(b) He is much older.
(c) They’re the same age.
(d) He is much younger.

3. In "Metempsychosis," what does Amber/Snail get upset at Tyler for?
(a) Forcing her to wear clothes.
(b) Refusing to buy her carrots and lettuce.
(c) Killing a snail on his salad.
(d) Making her eat seven ribs.

4. In "Freeforall," which invention failed to protect from the virus?
(a) Kiss-and-no-tell.
(b) Safe-T-Lips.
(c) Two person condoms.
(d) Rubber masks.

5. In "A Dusty Lunch," what was Brig’s father’s job?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) CEO.

6. What is the tone of "Metempsychosis"?
(a) Despair and intense anger.
(b) Unintelligent and spiteful.
(c) Deep sadness.
(d) Ironic and worried.

7. In "Wooden Box," what strangely appears on Tig?
(a) Large liver spots on his legs.
(b) A mole.
(c) A seven-inch-long scar.
(d) Small bloody cracks in his skin.

8. What is the mood of "Airborne"?
(a) Thoughtful yet forlorn.
(b) Intense and serious.
(c) Regretful and somber.
(d) Light and humurous.

9. When the snails says: "spare me! I am part of an ecosystem," (172) that is an example of what?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Setting.
(c) Simile.
(d) Personification.

10. In "A Dusty Lunch," what causes Nell to believe that Tig understood his dad?
(a) His diary.
(b) His thoughtful letter to his departed mother.
(c) His note-writing.
(d) His mother's story about their relationship.

11. In "Freeforall," which play is banned?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Midsommer’s Night Dream.

12. In "Airborne," what is the title of Leonie’s book?
(a) Airborne.
(b) Political Reprisals.
(c) Lobster Monday.
(d) Thermidor.

13. In "Wooden Box," how does the mug misspell friends?
(a) Fried.
(b) Freuds.
(c) Fiends.
(d) Friemds.

14. In "Death by Clamshell," what did the mob gouge out?
(a) Her teeth.
(b) Her nose.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her legs.

15. In "Widows," how does Nell characterize widows?
(a) At a loss for words.
(b) As bad luck.
(c) Full of overflowing emotions.
(d) As angry and rageful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the most alarming portrait of Hypatia look like?

2. In "A Dusty Lunch," what was the name of Nell’s war-time coffee?

3. What is the mood of "Wooden Box"?

4. In "Death by Clamshell," what happened to the men who hurt Hypatia in the afterlife?

5. In "Wooden Box," what fruit are Tig and Nell forced to rely on?

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