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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 neighbor that Nancy talks to about Grover in the supermarket says the doctor told him to avoid what vegetable for his rheumatoid arthritis in “Lying Doggo”?
(a) Eggplant
(b) Zucchini
(c) Onions
(d) Potatoes

2. In what year did Nancy get married in “Nancy Culpepper”?
(a) 1967
(b) 1949
(c) 1977
(d) 1981

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Nancy and her husband live in a small town an hour’s drive from what city in “Nancy Culpepper”?

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

4. The narrator says in “Residents and Transients,” “I complained for weeks about living with houses in view. I need” what?

5. Jack says in “Lying Doggo,” “The only people I ever cared about who died were” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How much money do Bill and Imogene have with them as they travel in “The Ocean”? Where are they going?

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

3. How are Ishmael and its owner described in “The Ocean”?

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

5. What does Georgeann’s mother warn her of when Georgeann marries Shelby Pickett in “The Retreat”?

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

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

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

9. How is Larry described in “Residents and Transients”? How did Mary meet Larry?

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

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