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

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of disinfectant does the narrator of "A Full Service Shelter" use to clean cages and walls?

2. In "Sing to It," what does the man want the narrator to make from her hands?

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

4. In "Greed," where does the narrator's husband say that he gets the fruit that appears in baskets in their kitchen?

5. Why do Syd, the narrator, and everyone else have to leave the theater in in "I Stay with Syd"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Mrs. Greed?

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

3. In what way is the story of the lamb a story of seduction?

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

5. What does the narrator want to tell her aunt Lauryn, even though she is gone?

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

7. At the beginning of "I Stay with Syd," what does the narrator say about Syd's married man?

8. What is Fort Bedd?

9. What are the dolls like in the "Doll Tornado"?

10. How does the narrator treat the death-row dogs?

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