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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of flowers does Joe regularly take to put on his grandparents’ grave in “Graveyard Day”?
(a) Azaleas
(b) Roses
(c) Daisies
(d) Geraniums

2. How old is Edwin in “A New-Wave Format”?
(a) 30
(b) 36
(c) 46
(d) 43

3. How old is Linda in “Third Monday”?
(a) 31
(b) 37
(c) 26
(d) 56

4. What kind of toothpaste does Sabrina use in “A New-Wave Format”?
(a) Garden Mint
(b) Dr. Johnson's Tooth Rub
(c) Honey
(d) Fennel

5. What word from “Graveyard Day” refers to studies or membership within a philosophical secret society said to have been founded in late medieval Germany by Christian Rosenkreuz?
(a) Aristotelian
(b) Bourgeois
(c) Epicurean
(d) Rosicrucian

6. How old is Nancy’s son Robert in “Nancy Culpepper”?
(a) 8
(b) 12
(c) 7
(d) 5

7. How much money does Bill have in his wallet as he drives to Florida in “The Ocean”?
(a) $1,500
(b) $750
(c) $500
(d) $1,000

8. Where has the narrator’s husband gone away to work in “Residents and Transients”?
(a) Birmingham, Alabama
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas
(c) Louisville, Kentucky
(d) Jackson, Mississippi

9. Who are the romantic leads in the play Sabrina’s in, in “A New-Wave Format”?
(a) Paul and Mary
(b) Jeff and Sue
(c) James and Anne
(d) Les and Maria

10. What is the narrator’s husband’s name in “Residents and Transients”?
(a) Paul
(b) Michael
(c) Mark
(d) Stephen

11. What are the names of Georgeann and Shelby’s two children in “The Retreat”?
(a) Tamara and Jason
(b) Mark and Elizabeth
(c) Mike and Jimmy
(d) Peter and Sarah

12. What is the name of Holly’s father in “Graveyard Day”?
(a) Robert Cleveland
(b) Joe Murdock
(c) Jack Walters
(d) Kent Ballard

13. How old is Nancy’s grandmother that’s being put in a nursing home in “Nancy Culpepper”?
(a) 93
(b) 96
(c) 77
(d) 85

14. When Georgeann began dating Shelby in high school, she was impressed that he had spent a month studying whose life in “The Retreat”?
(a) Winston Churchill's
(b) Theodore Roosevelt's
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt's
(d) Abraham Lincoln's

15. Nancy’s grandmother is said to use only what kind of soap on her dishes in “Nancy Culpepper”?
(a) Lye Soap
(b) Joy Dish Liquid
(c) Palmolive Soap
(d) Dove Soap

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sabrina’s last name in “A New-Wave Format”?

2. How old is Sabrina in “A New-Wave Format”?

3. What is the name of the man that Ruby is seeing in “Third Monday”?

4. What is the name of Edwin’s first wife in “A New-Wave Format”?

5. How old is Joe when he comes to dinner at Waldeen’s in “Graveyard Day”?

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