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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In "A Dusty Lunch," what type of dancing did Brig do?
(a) Hip-hop.
(b) Swing.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Tap.
2. In "Metempsychosis," which body part does Amber/Snail like?
(a) Tongues.
(b) Necks.
(c) Ears.
(d) Arms.
3. In "Widows," what activity occupies Nell’s time?
(a) Tidying up.
(b) Collaging.
(c) Baking.
(d) Renovating.
4. 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) Making her eat seven ribs.
(d) Killing a snail on his salad.
5. In "A Dusty Lunch," how did Brig’s wife die?
(a) Childbirth.
(b) Ulcer.
(c) Kidney stones.
(d) Throat cancer.
6. In "Wooden Box," what does Nell think is a fitting metaphor?
(a) Finding Tig's notes.
(b) Swimming in the lake.
(c) Digging through the house like a preserved volcanic eruption.
(d) Canning jams.
7. "Airborne" is told from what perspective?
(a) Second Person.
(b) First person.
(c) No narration.
(d) Third person limited omniscient.
8. In "A Dusty Lunch," what does Nell think about Brig’s letters?
(a) That she is the wrong person to receive them.
(b) Elated to help.
(c) Nervous she will lose them.
(d) Angry at the responsibility.
9. In "Wooden Box," what strangely appears on Tig?
(a) A mole.
(b) A seven-inch-long scar.
(c) Small bloody cracks in his skin.
(d) Large liver spots on his legs.
10. In "Metempsychosis," what is Amber/Snail's response to Tyler's cheating?
(a) Breaks all the windows in his apartment.
(b) Tearfully writes him a note.
(c) Does not care and is willing to share.
(d) Insanely jealous.
11. In "Widows," Nell refuses which analogy for grief?
(a) A healing cycle.
(b) A waterfall.
(c) A journey.
(d) A tunnel.
12. In "Airborne," what is the title of Leonie’s book?
(a) Political Reprisals.
(b) Lobster Monday.
(c) Thermidor.
(d) Airborne.
13. In "Airborne," why did the women receive money?
(a) Lottery money.
(b) Donation from a former colleague.
(c) A guilty feminist’s inheritance.
(d) They won a grant.
14. In "Widows," which phrase does Nell deem as Geriatric flirting?
(a) “You must’ve been pretty in your youth.”
(b) “I’ve fallen for you.”
(c) “So your husband died?”
(d) “So you’re hunting?”
15. In "Death by Clamshell," how is Hypatia killed?
(a) Eaten alive.
(b) Flayed alive by clamshells.
(c) Burned to death.
(d) Stoned until she passed out.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Wooden Box," what is the temperature of Nell and Tig's cabin?
2. In Nell's real letter to Stevie what does she say her grandchildren are full of?
3. In "Death by Clamshell," who was Hypatia?
4. In "Airborne," what does Myrna complain about?
5. In "Wooden Box," what does Nell think about vultures?
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