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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the only time the narrator of "A Full Service Shelter" wears latex gloves or scrubs?
(a) When she has to feel for something in feces.
(b) When she grooms a dog.
(c) When she handles the dogs in the sick ward.
(d) When she bathes a dog.

2. In "Four Calls in the Last Half Hour," what does the author want to be taught?
(a) Biscuit baking.
(b) Bread baking.
(c) Conversational skills.
(d) Rules.

3. How does the carver attach the pelt to an orphan lamb?
(a) Rope.
(b) String.
(c) Twine.
(d) Ribbon.

4. In "The Chicane," What type of dog did Macario bring Lauryn after they married?
(a) Mostly German shepherd.
(b) Chihuahua mix.
(c) Black lab.
(d) Mostly poodle.

5. In "Fort Bedd, where do the narrator and the man cling for safety?
(a) Upstairs bedroom.
(b) Smallest bedroom.
(c) Back bedroom.
(d) Master bedroom.

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

7. In "Fort Bedd," what does the narrator think about when things go wrong?
(a) Trees.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Fruits.

8. How does the narrator clean cages in "A Full Service Shelter"?
(a) With a push broom.
(b) With a hose.
(c) With a broom.
(d) With an old mop.

9. What name was given to Dahmer first in "A Full Service Shelter"?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Clinton.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Lincoln.

10. Where does the narrator want to get a tree in "Fort Bedd"?
(a) Garden center.
(b) Home Depot.
(c) Wal-Mart.
(d) Nursery.

11. Where do the narrator of in "I Stay with Syd" and Syd drive to to watch a movie?
(a) Next town over.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) Other side of town.
(d) 5 miles.

12. In "The Chicane," which showing of the film does the narrator go to?
(a) First showing of the afternoon.
(b) Second showing of the night.
(c) 5 p.m.
(d) 8 p.m.

13. In "Four Calls in the Last Half Hour," at what percent could everyone be if those who have more would give a little?
(a) 85%.
(b) 95%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 80%.

14. What is the narrator's occupation in "Greed"?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Physical therapist.
(d) Speech therapist.

15. Who runs the animal shelter in "A Full Service Shelter"?
(a) A non-profit, Animal Friends.
(b) City.
(c) State.
(d) A non-profit, The Friends of Animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Greed travel?

2. In "The Chicane," how long ago did the narrator's aunt Lauryn accompany an actor on interviews?

3. According to "A Full Service Shelter," owning how many dogs is considered hoarding in Connecticut?

4. Where does the narrator examine a collection of shells in "I Stay with Syd"?

5. What does the narrator think that she will need to get through, in "Fort Bedd"?

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