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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 happens to Mr. Speed outside the door when Elizabeth calls the police?
(a) A car hits him.
(b) He has a heart attack.
(c) He slips.
(d) He has a stroke.

2. What is Allan Cedar's wife's name?
(a) Bertha.
(b) Dora.
(c) Judy.
(d) Virga.

3. What kind of future does the young woman foresee at the end of "Cruel and Barbarious Treatment"?
(a) A future filled with children.
(b) A spinsterhood future.
(c) A future filled with love.
(d) A successful future, professionally.

4. What disease might the little girl in "The Use of Force" have?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Diptheria.
(c) Measles.
(d) Strep throat.

5. What does William's wife in "Marriage A La Mode" do with the item he sends her?
(a) She reads it to her friends.
(b) Cherish it secretly.
(c) Sends it back to him.
(d) Sends him an item in return.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Framton Nuttle call on?

2. How old is Laura?

3. Whose attention did Larry receive while his father was at war?

4. What meal does Tory eat with her son?

5. Where is Mrs. Rodriguez located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Laura betray in "Flowering Judas" and how?

2. How is "The Nightingales Sing" a coming-of-age story?

3. How is Cooper viewed in Warburton's eyes?

4. Why is the doctor in "The Use of Force" adamant about seeing the little girl's throat?

5. How does Braggioni betray his wife and comrades?

6. What is May's pain at the end of "A Country Love Story"?

7. How will John Ferris seek a more permanent status in his life?

8. How is "You Could Look It Up" told?

9. How does seeing Elizabeth affect John Ferris?

10. How does Larry forgive his father?

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