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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 was the name of Leach's "punching bag" in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Julie.
2. When was the Duke Estate destroyed?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1988.
3. Which team did Leach bet on in "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Kansas City Chiefs.
(b) Green Bay Packers.
(c) Dallas Cowboys.
(d) Seattle Seahawks.
4. The narrator described at the beginning of "Screwjack" that a crust of snow had formed on the porch since ____________.
(a) Dusk.
(b) Yesterday.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Midnight.
5. In "Screwjack," the narrator pleaded to God, saying, "I am guilty, Lord, but I am also a __________."
(a) Heathen.
(b) Martyr.
(c) Worshiper.
(d) Lover.
Short Answer Questions
1. Mr. Screwjack had eaten the last of ______________at the beginning of "Screwjack."
2. What had Thompson and his friend recently bet on in "Death of a Poet"?
3. Where did Mr. Screwjack bite the second narrator as he was petting him?
4. What devastated the Duke Estate in "Screwjack"?
5. According to Thompson in "Death of a Poet," who had struck out?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Leach do at the end of "Death of a Poet"?
2. What did Screwjack do in the ending of the narrative?
3. Describe the use of imagery in "Death of a Poet." What images are symbolic in the story? How?
4. How does the narrative point of view change in "Screwjack"?
5. What surprise news did Leach break on the narrator in "Death of a Poet"?
6. What had the narrator just done with Screwjack in the beginning of the story?
7. What did Leach tell the narrator was the savior of his marriage in "Death of a Poet"?
8. Who was the narrator going to see in "Death of a Poet"? What mood was he in?
9. What interaction did the narrator have with the car rental employee in "Death of a Poet"?
10. What image did the narrator imagine of Leach's neighbors in "Death of a Poet"?
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