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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were Waldeen and Holly’s father divorced in “Graveyard Day”?
(a) Last November
(b) Last September
(c) Three years ago in May
(d) Last April

2. Where did Jack get Grover in “Lying Doggo”?
(a) From his dying mother
(b) A small pet store
(c) A little kid outside Wal-Mart
(d) A Humane Society shelter

3. Who does Imogene say “had a hurtin’ like this and come to find out she had kidney disease” in “The Ocean”?
(a) Carolyn
(b) Mary
(c) Dolores
(d) Gladys

4. What old friend from graduate school does Nancy tell “Insulation is [Jack’s] hobby” in “Lying Doggo”?
(a) Kent Ballard
(b) Tom Green
(c) Bob Turnbow
(d) Bill Crittendon

5. The man that got Linda pregnant had promised to get her what, in “Third Monday”?
(a) A bookstore
(b) A round-trip cruise to Alaska
(c) A laundromat franchise
(d) A trip to Bermuda

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

7. What is Nancy’s position at a small private elementary school in “Lying Doggo”?
(a) Science Teacher
(b) Assistant Principal
(c) English Teacher
(d) Janitor

8. In what year did Nancy get married in “Nancy Culpepper”?
(a) 1977
(b) 1981
(c) 1967
(d) 1949

9. Where did Waldeen’s ex-husband move after their divorce in “Graveyard Day”?
(a) Oklahoma
(b) Arizona
(c) Texas
(d) Arkansas

10. Joe has an antique walking stick that belonged to whom in “Graveyard Day”?
(a) Abraham Lincoln
(b) Jefferson Davis
(c) Ulysses S. Grant
(d) Robert E. Lee

11. What is the name of the man that Ruby is seeing in “Third Monday”?
(a) Buddy
(b) Mark
(c) Jack
(d) Paul

12. What is the last name of Bill and Imogene in “The Ocean”?
(a) Williams
(b) Watkins
(c) Hastings
(d) Crittendon

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

14. When Jack and Grover left Nancy for three months in California while she was pregnant, they went to an Indian reservation where in “Lying Doggo”?
(a) Oklahoma
(b) New Mexico
(c) California
(d) Arizona

15. Why does the narrator say she returned to Kentucky in “Residents and Transients”?
(a) Her parents were in poor health
(b) Her uncle married a millionaire
(c) To marry her college professor
(d) Her father passed away and left her his house

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years does the narrator say she was away “pursuing higher learning” in “Residents and Transients”?

2. How many years does Imogene say it’s been since they’ve been in Nashville in “The Ocean”?

3. In the beginning of “The Retreat,” Georgeann is basting facings on what garment?

4. What kind of toothpaste does Sabrina use in “A New-Wave Format”?

5. When Georgeann first knew Shelby in high school, Shelby was on probation for stealing four cases of cola and a ham from where in “The Retreat”?

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