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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. The narrator’s mother in “Residents and Transients” tells her that what “brings on cancer”?
(a) Anger
(b) Heartbreak
(c) Hypocrisy
(d) Bad food

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

3. How many lines does Sabrina have in the play she’s in rehearsals for in “A New-Wave Format”?
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 2

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

5. What is the last name of Joe, who comes to supper almost every night at Waldeen’s, in “Graveyard Day”?
(a) McClain
(b) Crittendon
(c) Peters
(d) Wilson

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sabrina’s last name in “A New-Wave Format”?

2. Who is the doctor that Shelby tells Georgeann to call in the morning in “The Retreat”?

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

4. What is Nancy’s position at a small private elementary school in “Lying Doggo”?

5. The narrator states in “The Retreat” that when Georgeann married Shelby, her mother warned her about the disadvantages of marrying what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Nancy return to her childhood home in “Nancy Culpepper”?

5. How is Nancy’s wedding described in “Nancy Culpepper”?

6. What education did Georgeann and Shelby attain in “The Retreat”?

7. What different depictions of “family” are presented in “Graveyard Day”?

8. What does Jack say about the people he’s cared about that have died in “Lying Doggo”?

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

10. How is the U.S.S. Shaw described in “The Ocean”?

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