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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 the prison town in "Cloudland," driving how many miles over the speed limit will give you a ticket?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. When do people who went to the university come back, in "Cloudland"?
(a) Game Days.
(b) Snipe Hunts.
(c) Strawberry festival.
(d) Orange festival.

3. In "Cloudland," where did the narrator used to live?
(a) New York.
(b) Maine.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Massachusetts.

4. In "Cloudland," how long had the narrator taught at a girls' school?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 20 years.

5. How old was the narrator in "Cloudland," when she had a baby girl?
(a) 17.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Cloudland," how many daughters does the city attorney and his wie adopt?

2. In "Cloudland," how many weeks was the course the narrator took to become certified for her job?

3. Where was the narrator's friend hurt, in "The Correct Grip"?

4. In "Cloudland," how old was the boy that the tiny white cross on the median commemorates?

5. In the quote at the beginning of "Cloudland," where are the children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is karst and its hazards?

2. What does the narrator in "Water Damage" learn about the home where she had her baby?

3. What does the narrator see in her backyard in "Moonbow," and what does she think it is?

4. In "Cloudland," what does the narrator consider doing with kumquats and why will she probably not do it?

5. Who does the narrator say is found in a weedy empty lot in "The Quiet Car"?

6. In "Cloudland," what is the only race the narrator ever ran, and how does she describe the race?

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

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

9. In "Cloudland," what does the narrator say about her work schedule and training for the job?

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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