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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. While other people are at 100 percent, what percent is the narrator in "Four Calls in the Last Half Hour"?
(a) 65.
(b) 70.
(c) 80.
(d) 75.

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

3. What is the narrator's second choice of tree to buy in "Fort Bedd"?
(a) Blue spruce.
(b) Pendulum spruce.
(c) Locust.
(d) Birch.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "I Stay with Syd," where did the married man invite the narrator?

2. In "Fort Bedd," where is the apartment?

3. Where does the narrator of "Greed" find an apple core after she throws it it into pachysandra?

4. In "The Chicane," how old was Lauryn when she got pregnant?

5. What time does the narrator of "A Full Service Shelter" clean cages?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Four Calls in the Last Half Hour," what does the narrator say about the man and his actions?

2. What is said about Mrs. Greed, her husband, and how she treats her husband?

3. In "Greed," why does the narrator pay two teens?

4. Why did Lauryn try to commit suicide in Madrid, and why did she survive?

5. In "The Chicane," what does the narrator say about going to a film?

6. In "Sing to It," what does the man want and what does he get?

7. What do the dogs know about the narrator and other volunteers regarding food?

8. How does the narrator describe Mrs. Greed?

9. What is Fort Bedd?

10. Why does the narrator worry in "I Stay with Syd"?

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