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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Nancy get married in “Nancy Culpepper”?
(a) Massachusetts
(b) Arkansas
(c) Maine
(d) Kentucky

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

3. Of her parents’ farmhouse, the narrator of “Residents and Transients” says, “I love its stateliness, the way it rises up from the fields like a patch of” what?
(a) Red apple trees
(b) Mutant jimsonweeds
(c) Purple irises
(d) Daisies

4. In the beginning of “The Retreat,” Georgeann is basting facings on what garment?
(a) A band uniform
(b) A children's choir robe
(c) A cheerleader's uniform
(d) A wedding dress

5. 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

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

7. How old is Sabrina in “A New-Wave Format”?
(a) 43
(b) 32
(c) 26
(d) 20

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

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

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

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

12. The narrator says in “Residents and Transients,” “I complained for weeks about living with houses in view. I need” what?
(a) Cotton fields
(b) Rice fields
(c) Cornfields
(d) Mountains

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

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

15. What is the name of the health center Edwin is transporting a group of mentally retarded adults to in order to attend training in “A New-Wave Format”?
(a) Barclay's Hospital for Women
(b) Mount Sinai Mental Health Center
(c) Cedar Hill Mental Health Center
(d) Saint Jude's Hospital

Short Answer Questions

1. What band does the narrator say Georgeann put on to try to teach Shelby to dance prior to the prom in “The Retreat”?

2. Ruby realizes in the hospital that she has about a hundred pictures of what actor, in “Third Monday"?

3. What play is Sabrina in rehearsals for at the Western Kentucky Little Theatre in “A New-Wave Format”?

4. What is the last name of Joe, who comes to supper almost every night at Waldeen’s, in “Graveyard Day”?

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

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