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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 "Cloudland," who maintains the home where someone died at the corner?
(a) Grandchildren from Colorado.
(b) Son from Boston.
(c) Daughter from Chicago.
(d) Grandchildren from Montana.

2. In the quote at the beginning of "Cloudland," where are the children?
(a) Apple tree.
(b) Pear tree.
(c) Maple.
(d) Cherry tree.

3. In "Moonbow," when did the narrator's other dog die?
(a) 3 weeks ago.
(b) 2 weeks ago.
(c) Two months ago.
(d) Three month before.

4. Where did Mr. Davis go before he moved into assisted living, in "Cloudland"?
(a) Bahamas.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Carribbean.
(d) Alaska.

5. In "Cloudland," what part of town is known as Lightning Alley?
(a) Northern.
(b) Western.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Southern.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the wife of the attacker call the narrator in "The Correct Grip"?

2. Where is an elderly man found in "The Quiet Car"?

3. What does the wife of the attacker suggest that she and the narrator do, in "The Correct Grip"?

4. What does the narrator do at the end of "The Correct Grip"?

5. What chore does the buyer think will keep the seller from coming back, in "Equivalent"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the narrator's job in New York, and why does she say that she left her job in this section of "Cloudland"?

2. What advice does the wife of the narrator's attacker ask in "The Correct Grip," and what advice does the narrator give?

3. In "The Second Seating," what do the narrator and friends have to eat and drink?

4. What is karst and its hazards?

5. In "The Correct Grip," who calls the narrator after an attack and what is their conversation like?

6. What requests did Bob make before he died?

7. In "Cloudland," what does the narrator go to the college to get?

8. How does the narrator describe a painting titled "Water Damage," and how does the narrator like the painting?

9. In "The Correct Grip," what happened to a friend of the narrator?

10. What does the white cross commemorate that is on the grassy median where the narrator turns to get to her house in "Cloudland"?

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