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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 do most of the stories in this collection focus on?
(a) Characterization.
(b) Tone.
(c) Plot.
(d) Setting.

2. Where does Joshua go for two weeks in "Joshua Karabish"?
(a) Florida.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Home.
(d) Cape Cod.

3. What has the narrator of "The Family M" never wanted?
(a) An education.
(b) A wife.
(c) Money.
(d) Children.

4. In "Joshua Karabish," who sends the narrator a check in the mail?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) No one.
(d) Cathy.

5. In "The Family M," who is Mark?
(a) A boy in the narrator's building.
(b) A chef.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills the old man in "The Man With No Name"?

2. Why does the narrator of "The Family M" yell at Melvin?

3. In "Joshua Karabish," what does Joshua assure the narrator about his illness?

4. Where did Darma attend university?

5. What did Darma do in his free time while at university?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Budi Darma originally from? What brought him to the U.S.?

2. Whose house does the narrator of "The Old Man with No Name" move into?

3. Where did Budi Darma attend university?

4. Which author did Darma write his PhD dissertation about?

5. Why did Darma move back to Indiana with his family?

6. How does the narrator of "The Old Man with No Name" kill time when he feels lonely?

7. Who scratches the narrator's car in "The Family M"?

8. Who owns a gun in "The Old Man with No Name"?

9. What was Darma most anxious about during his studies?

10. Who does the narrator of "The Old Man with No Name" want to be friends with?

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