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

2. What is the setting of "Airborne"?
(a) Darlene's school, a business meeting.
(b) Myrna's beach house, an ocean party.
(c) Chrissy's house, a luncheon.
(d) Myrna's apartment, a tearful breakup.

3. In "Widows," what is the tone of Nell's first/longer letter to Stevie?
(a) Expressive and vulnerable.
(b) Timid yet holding back anger.
(c) Angry and destitute.
(d) Formal and reserved.

4. In "Metempsychosis," what is Amber’s job?
(a) Actor.
(b) Customer service representative.
(c) Grocery store clerk.
(d) Bank teller.

5. In "A Dusty Lunch," which of the following is NOT a poem Brig wrote?
(a) A Shot in the Dark 1948.
(b) A Wish.
(c) The Reichswald.
(d) The Wehrmacht 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Airborne," what is the title of Leonie’s book?

2. In Nell's real letter to Stevie what does she say her grandchildren are full of?

3. This quotation: "vulgar comments are as old as writing. You should see the walls of Pompeii" (196) is an example of what?

4. In "Metempsychosis," which body part does Amber/Snail like?

5. In "Widows," what is the tone of Nell's second/real letter to Stevie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nell not want Stevie to do about her belief that Tig is not really gone and why?

2. How does Hypatia feel about the way she is represented in art?

3. Describe the circumstances of Amber/Snail’s death.

4. What trap is Inspector Maigret setting and what does Nell think about it?

5. What does Nell think about the writing of the Breaking of the Gothic Line article?

6. What duty must Tom preform and what are his options after having fulfilled it?

7. What does Nell speak about in her short/real letter to Stevie?

8. How does Amber/Snail feel about Tyler’s lovemaking; what does she want?

9. What does Marty’s letter to Brig say?

10. How do humans assume the soul’s afterlife works and what really happens?

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