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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the dog belonging to her husband that was at Nancy’s wedding in “Nancy Culpepper”?
(a) Pronto
(b) Max
(c) Grover
(d) Baxter

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

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

4. What term does Jack use “for making the house energy-efficient” in “Lying Doggo”?
(a) Solarizing
(b) Retrofitting
(c) Repercolating
(d) Restoring

5. What ship that had been sunk at Pearl Harbor does Bill think about as he tries to sleep in the camper in “The Ocean”?
(a) The U.S.S. Shaw
(b) The U.S.S. Ross
(c) The U.S.S. Amboy
(d) The U.S.S. Peters

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

7. What play is Sabrina in rehearsals for at the Western Kentucky Little Theatre in “A New-Wave Format”?
(a) Cats
(b) Oklahoma!
(c) James and the Giant Peach
(d) The Music Man

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

9. Who does Sabrina think Edwin looks like in “A New-Wave Format”?
(a) James Dean
(b) Kirk Douglas
(c) John Travolta
(d) Kevin Spacey

10. 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

11. What did the man Ruby’s dating try to sell her when they first met in “Third Monday”?
(a) A ring
(b) A stuffed animal
(c) A hunting dog
(d) A coffee table

12. Nancy and her husband live in a small town an hour’s drive from what city in “Nancy Culpepper”?
(a) New York
(b) Philadelphia
(c) Boston
(d) Cleveland

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

14. When Joe arrives for dinner in “Graveyard Day,” Waldeen tells him Holly is mad because she won’t make what?
(a) Soybean Supreme
(b) Potatoes with Garlic
(c) Tofu Burgers
(d) Organic Pasta

15. 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) Rosicrucian
(b) Aristotelian
(c) Bourgeois
(d) Epicurean

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Holly in “Graveyard Day”?

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

3. Where did Waldeen’s ex-husband move after their divorce in “Graveyard Day”?

4. What song keeps going through Nancy’s head while she’s in the hospital after giving birth to Robert in “Lying Doggo”?

5. What kind of dog is Grover in “Lying Doggo”?

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