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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "I Stay with Syd," what type of tree does the narrator think should be pruned?
(a) Oak.
(b) Birch.
(c) Maple.
(d) Palm.

2. What does the man in "Fort Bedd" want the narrator to tell him?
(a) If his mother calls.
(b) If he snores.
(c) If he starts to talk crazy.
(d) If he get mail.

3. In "Fort Bedd," what does the narrator want under a copper beech?
(a) Old bench.
(b) Pansies.
(c) Decorative rocks.
(d) Daisies.

4. When do the narrator and others feed the death-row dogs in "A Full Service Shelter"?
(a) Early in the morning.
(b) Mid-afternoon.
(c) When they are awake.
(d) Early evening.

5. From what culture does the proverb come from in "Sing to It"?
(a) French.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Arab.
(d) Irish.

6. How many police cars show up when Syd, the narrator, and others have to leave the theater, in "I Stay with Syd"?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

7. What name is given to the cowboy-colored pocket pit bull in "A Full Service Shelter"?
(a) Man Man.
(b) Superman.
(c) Rogers.
(d) Phillips.

8. Where do the dolls hang from in "Doll Tornado"?
(a) Dime store ceiling.
(b) Laundry room ceiling.
(c) Factory ceiling.
(d) Bedroom ceiling.

9. What do the narrator and others put on the pillows of the death-row dogs in "A Full Service Shelter"?
(a) Dental chews.
(b) Pigs' ears.
(c) Rawhide.
(d) Steak bones.

10. According to "A Full Service Shelter," owning how many dogs is considered hoarding in Connecticut?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

11. In "Greed," where does the narrator's husband say that he gets the fruit that appears in baskets in their kitchen?
(a) Farmer's market.
(b) Discount store.
(c) Natural grocery store.
(d) Italian market.

12. In "I Stay with Syd," what do some people go and do while they wait to get back inside the theater?
(a) Get fried chicken.
(b) Get pop and chips.
(c) Get tacos and nachos.
(d) Get beer and pizza.

13. What does the narrator of "Fort Bedd" think she can learn to do from trees?
(a) Rest and be strong.
(b) Learn to be still.
(c) Take root.
(d) Branch out and learn.

14. In "A Full Service Shelter," when does the director of the shelter over the overnight staff to feed the death-row dogs?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) 1 a.m.
(c) 4 a.m.
(d) 2 a.m.

15. Where does the narrator of "Greed" find an apple core after she throws it it into pachysandra?
(a) At the bottom of her front sidewalk.
(b) Inside a screen door.
(c) Front steps.
(d) In her kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "I Stay with Syd," what does the narrator want to hurry up and end?

2. In "Fort Bedd," how does the narrator open the curtains sometimes?

3. What is the narrator's occupation in "Greed"?

4. In "I Stay with Syd," where do Syd, the narrator, and other theater patrons stand while they wait to go back inside the movie theater?

5. What does the narrator say that her husband Mrs. Greed had between them?

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