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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Edwin’s last name in “A New-Wave Format”?
(a) Culpepper
(b) Creech
(c) Cleveland
(d) Jackson

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

4. What is Nancy’s married name in “Nancy Culpepper”?
(a) Nancy Waterford
(b) Nancy Turnbow
(c) Nancy Cleveland
(d) Nancy Ballard

5. Where did Ruby meet the man she’s dating in “Third Monday”?
(a) K-Mart
(b) The fairgrounds
(c) Kroger's
(d) J. C. Penney's

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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?

4. How old is Robert in “Lying Doggo”?

5. Who are the romantic leads in the play Sabrina’s in, in “A New-Wave Format”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Edwin Creech doing in the opening of “A New-Wave Format”?

2. Why has Mary agreed to stay in her parents’ house in “Residents and Transients”? How does she feel about this setting?

3. How is Edwin’s character described in “A New-Wave Format”? Who do people think Edwin looks like?

4. What does the narrator of “Residents and Transients” reveal in the beginning of the story? Who is the narrator?

5. How is Grover Cleveland described in the beginning of “Lying Doggo”?

6. How did Mary meet her husband in “Residents and Transients”? How are Mary and her husband similar?

7. What does Waldeen come to view as a symbol for marriage in “Graveyard Day”?

8. What does Gladys tell Ruby about Buddy at the market when he’s not there in “Third Monday”?

9. How is Linda’s character described in the beginning of “Third Monday”?

10. What pop culture references are seen in the story “Graveyard Day”?

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