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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 does the older woman do for the younger brother in 'Two Soldiers'?
(a) Buys a bus ticket.
(b) All of these.
(c) Feeds him dinner.
(d) Listens to him.

2. What does Hawkshaw say that is ignored?
(a) That evidence should be procured.
(b) That Will is innocent.
(c) That Minne is lying.
(d) That they should wait.

3. What was found in the locked room after Emily's death?
(a) A rose.
(b) A portrait.
(c) A corpse.
(d) A coffin.

4. What does the older brother do for his younger brother before he leaves for training?
(a) Kisses him.
(b) Scolds him.
(c) Slaps him.
(d) Pinches his cheeks.

5. What did Emily buy from a pharmacy after her relationship ended?
(a) Arsenic.
(b) Synthetics.
(c) Syanide.
(d) Motrin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the older brother in 'Two Soldiers' say the younger brother should not join the military?

2. What does the younger brother in in 'Two Soldiers' do when some soldiers laugh at him?

3. Who tries to send the younger brother in 'Two Soldiers' home when he runs away from home?

4. Where do the brothers hear about Pearl Harbor in 'Two Soldiers'?

5. What is the name of the older brother in 'Two Soldiers'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is seen just before the stench at Emily's house dissipates?

2. What does the chief justice tell Snopes to do after his case is thrown out?

3. How do the brothers in 'Two Soldiers' hear about Pearl Harbor?

4. What does the mob do to Will Maynes in 'Dry September'?

5. What do the hunters say when they find the runaway slave in 'Red Leaves'?

6. How does Pete's mother feel when he says he wants to join the Army in 'Two Soldiers'?

7. What does the White family do to help Nancy not be scared?

8. What does Emily do when she turns 40 to giver herself some release?

9. What is the most unsettling thing about the story 'Dry September'?

10. What do the townspeople do at Emily's funeral?

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