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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. Who wants to have an abortion in "Orez"?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Jane.
(c) Lisa.
(d) Hester.

2. Why does Yorrick start eating meals out?
(a) He is always on dates.
(b) The narrator spits in his food.
(c) He likes to go out.
(d) He is a food writer.

3. Who is Yorrick?
(a) The narrator's friend.
(b) The narrator's brother.
(c) The narrator's housemate.
(d) The narrator's cousin.

4. Why does the narrator of "Charles Lebourne" buy a car?
(a) To prove his wealth.
(b) To spy on Charles Lebourne.
(c) To get to work faster.
(d) He does not buy a car.

5. In "Mrs. Elberhart," what is Primo?
(a) A movie.
(b) A band.
(c) A club.
(d) A magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What baked good does the narrator of "Yorrick" drop and ruin?

2. Who used to get Mrs. Elberhart sick all the time?

3. Why does Mrs. Ellison drive Yorrick everywhere?

4. In "Mrs. Elberhart," who dies of brain infection?

5. Who does Orez attack at the front door?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Yorrick?

2. In "Yorrick," who is Mrs. Ellison?

3. Why does Hester want her husband to hurt her in "Orez"?

4. In "Yorrick," why does the narrator move into Mrs. Ellison's house?

5. Whose father owns a sword in "Orez"?

6. Why does Catherine start hanging out at the narrator's house in "Yorrick"?

7. In "Orez," who is Hester?

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

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

10. How does the narrator of "Mrs. Elberhart" discover Mrs. Elberhart?

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