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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 baked good does the narrator of "Yorrick" drop and ruin?
(a) A wedding cake.
(b) A cheesecake.
(c) A cookie.
(d) A pie.

2. In "Yorrick," who is Catherine?
(a) The narrator's wife.
(b) The narrator's neighbor.
(c) The narrator's sister.
(d) The narrator's cousin.

3. In "Yorrick," who is engaged at the end of the story?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Jane.
(d) Kenneth and Yorrick.

4. Who inherits Mrs. Elberhart's money?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her children.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Catherine.

5. Why do Hester and the narrator change jobs constantly in "Orez"?
(a) Out of shame.
(b) Out of necessity.
(c) They do not change jobs.
(d) For fun.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Charles Lebourne," why does the narrator's flight back to Indiana get delayed?

2. What does Stevick make the narrator of "Orez" promise to do?

3. Who does the narrator of "Charles Lebourne" move into a house with?

4. In "Orez," who is Hester Price?

5. How did the narrator's mother meet his father in "Charles Lebourne"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Elberhart end up in the hospital?

2. What is Primo?

3. In "Charles Lebourne," how does the narrator's mother describe Lebourne?

4. Who has a gallbladder condition in the story "Charles Lebourne"?

5. Why does the narrator of "Mrs. Elberhart" send a complaint to the local newspaper?

6. In "Orez," who is Hester?

7. Who is Charles Lebourne?

8. Why does the narrator of "Yorrick" slash people's tires?

9. In "Orez," who is Stevick?

10. How does the narrator's mother die in "Charles Lebourne"?

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