View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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 handles the dogs in the sick ward.
(b) When she bathes a dog.
(c) When she grooms a dog.
(d) When she has to feel for something in feces.

2. 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) 95%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 85%.

3. In "The Chicane," how old was Lauryn when she got pregnant?
(a) 24.
(b) 27.
(c) 21.
(d) 25.

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

5. In "The Chicane," Where was the narrator's Aunt Lauryn from?
(a) American west.
(b) American midwest.
(c) Boston.
(d) Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the animal sheler in "A Full-Service Shelter"?

2. What name was given to Dahmer first in "A Full Service Shelter"?

3. How many people stand outside the theater, in "I Stay with Syd," waiting to go back inside?

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

5. In what position are the curtains in the apartment in "Fort Bedd"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Greed remind the narrator's husband of?

2. How are the dogs put down?

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

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

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

6. What does the narrator say about cleaning cages?

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

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

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

10. What does the narrator know about being angry about the affair in "Greed"?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 770 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample