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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. What is Shelby’s last name in “The Retreat”?
(a) Wiggins
(b) Pickett
(c) Cashon
(d) Stamper
2. Where did Jack get Grover in “Lying Doggo”?
(a) A small pet store
(b) A Humane Society shelter
(c) A little kid outside Wal-Mart
(d) From his dying mother
3. Where did Waldeen’s ex-husband move after their divorce in “Graveyard Day”?
(a) Texas
(b) Oklahoma
(c) Arkansas
(d) Arizona
4. Who has taken all the ribbons from the presents and fashioned them into a funny bridal bouquet at the party in “Third Monday”?
(a) Rita Jean Wiggins
(b) Nancy Featherstone
(c) Carolyn Sisson
(d) Jim Yates
5. What band does the narrator say Georgeann put on to try to teach Shelby to dance prior to the prom in “The Retreat”?
(a) The Doors
(b) The Kinks
(c) The Who
(d) The Beatles
Short Answer Questions
1. How many hours did it take Bill and Imogene to reach Nashville, according to the narrator in the beginning of “The Ocean”?
2. What kind of toothpaste does Sabrina use in “A New-Wave Format”?
3. How old is Joe when he comes to dinner at Waldeen’s in “Graveyard Day”?
4. What kind of business does Nancy’s husband run in “Nancy Culpepper”?
5. How much money does Bill have in his wallet as he drives to Florida in “The Ocean”?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Mary meet her husband in “Residents and Transients”? How are Mary and her husband similar?
2. How is Grover Cleveland described in the beginning of “Lying Doggo”?
3. How are Nancy’s husband and son described in “Nancy Culpepper”?
4. How is Shelby Pickett described when Georgeann began dating him in “The Retreat”?
5. What different depictions of “family” are presented in “Graveyard Day”?
6. What is Edwin Creech doing in the opening of “A New-Wave Format”?
7. What does Gladys tell Ruby about Buddy at the market when he’s not there in “Third Monday”?
8. How is the interstate highway compared with the ocean in “The Ocean”?
9. What does Waldeen come to view as a symbol for marriage in “Graveyard Day”?
10. What does the narrator of “Residents and Transients” reveal in the beginning of the story? Who is the narrator?
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