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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 "I Stay with Syd," how often does the narrator move to the house at the beach?
(a) Every other month.
(b) One week a month.
(c) A couple days a month.
(d) Two weeks a month.

2. In "The Orphan Lamb," where does the carver wipe the blood?
(a) A rag.
(b) His jacket.
(c) The grass.
(d) His pants.

3. 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?
(a) In a church parking lot.
(b) Across the street.
(c) Around the block.
(d) By a grocery store.

4. 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 tacos and nachos.
(c) Get beer and pizza.
(d) Get pop and chips.

5. Where did Lauryn die, in "The Chicane"?
(a) Boston.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Denver.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Chicane," what nationality is the actor who is in a film the narrator goes to see?

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

3. What does the narrator's husband say Mrs. Greed reminds him of?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say about cleaning cages?

2. How does the narrator describe Mrs. Greed?

3. How are the dogs put down?

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

5. How did Lauryn and Macario spend the summer they were married?

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

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

8. What does the narrator need to get through the man's dying in "Fort Bedd"?

9. What does the narrator say about the affair between Syd and a married man?

10. What tape did Macario receive after Lauryn died?

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