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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Nancy’s husband in “Nancy Culpepper”?
(a) Bill
(b) Paul
(c) Jack
(d) Peter

2. What newspaper does Bill read every night in “The Ocean”?
(a) The Democrat-Gazette
(b) The New York Times
(c) The Chicago Tribune
(d) The Sun-Democrat

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

4. 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”?
(a) Kroger's Grocery Store
(b) Piggly Wiggly
(c) Albertson's Grocery Store
(d) K-Mart

5. What is Sabrina’s last name in “A New-Wave Format”?
(a) Ross
(b) Wilson
(c) Watkins
(d) Jones

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

7. Nancy and Jack have been married almost how long in “Lying Doggo”?
(a) 15 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 12 years
(d) 10 years

8. Who brings Ruby her cake and ice cream and makes sure she has a comfortable chair in “Third Monday”?
(a) Louise Milsap
(b) Jerry Wilson
(c) Betty Lewis
(d) Georgeann Smith

9. What kind of dog is Grover in “Lying Doggo”?
(a) Malamute
(b) Border Collie
(c) German Shepherd
(d) Great Dane

10. How frequently does Ruby see the man she’s dating in “Third Monday”?
(a) Once a year
(b) Once a week
(c) Once a month
(d) Once every two weeks

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

12. According to the narrator in “The Ocean,” “Bill was an expert driver. He knew every road and cow path and Indian trail” where?
(a) East of the Mississippi
(b) West of the Mississippi
(c) In the Louisiana Purchase
(d) In the Jackson Purchase

13. How many years does the narrator say she was away “pursuing higher learning” in “Residents and Transients”?
(a) 4 years
(b) 3 years
(c) 8 years
(d) 2 years

14. Where is the hometown of Billy Carter that Bill and Imogene visit in “The Ocean”?
(a) Plains, Georgia
(b) Hot Springs, Arkansas
(c) Jackson, Mississippi
(d) Cleveland, Mississippi

15. How old is Robert in “Lying Doggo”?
(a) 16
(b) 7
(c) 9
(d) 12

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Nancy’s grandmother that’s being put in a nursing home in “Nancy Culpepper”?

2. The narrator says in “Residents and Transients,” “I complained for weeks about living with houses in view. I need” what?

3. What is the name of Nancy’s history professor that attends her wedding in “Nancy Culpepper”?

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

5. Where did Ruby meet the man she’s dating in “Third Monday”?

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