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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. George tells his friends about an event that took place how many years before?
(a) 5.
(b) 65.
(c) 20.
(d) 2.

2. What is the main character in "Nona" trying to figure out?
(a) Why his life has been so charmed.
(b) His reasons for committing murder.
(c) His path to riches.
(d) What he did to get so lucky.

3. What does the milkman place on the empty chocolate milk container at the McCarthy home?
(a) A black widow.
(b) A tarantula.
(c) A scorpion.
(d) A brown recluse.

4. Who is giving Nona a hard time when the narrator meets her?
(a) Four truckers.
(b) Her ex boyfriend.
(c) Her pimp.
(d) Her father.

5. What leads Thorpe's wife to become frightened of him?
(a) Thorpe's violence.
(b) Thorpe's paranoia.
(c) Thorpe's insecurities.
(d) Thorpe's rage.

6. What happens to McCutchson?
(a) He is killed beneath his truck.
(b) He is killed in a traffic accident.
(c) He is strangled by Otto.
(d) He dies of a fever.

7. How did Henry win the poker game?
(a) Bluffing.
(b) He had a partner placed strategically in the room.
(c) He seemed to know the cards before they were drawn.
(d) Cheating.

8. Where is the bottle of orange juice located in "Morning Deliveries"?
(a) In the spider infested basement.
(b) In the refrigerator.
(c) On the front stoop.
(d) Behind the deadly nightshade.

9. Richard Pine's story details the accounts of whom?
(a) An embezzling real estate manager.
(b) A disgraced surgeon.
(c) A survivor of WWII.
(d) A common handyman.

10. What are Fornits?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Fairy-like creatures.
(c) Good luck elves.
(d) A creature that had lived in Thorpe's typewriter.

11. Where does Nona take the narrator?
(a) To Eastport.
(b) To the next truck stop.
(c) To a cemetery.
(d) To her house.

12. Who is said to be a part of the legend associated with the looking glass?
(a) The English Duchess.
(b) A Pennsylvania rug merchant.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) The Bates boy.

13. What does Uncle Otto do to finance the purchase of the land?
(a) Sells his truck.
(b) Sells all of his stocks and bonds.
(c) Robs a bank.
(d) Sells his home.

14. Where are Nona and the narrator heading?
(a) Bangor.
(b) Eastport.
(c) Belfast.
(d) Castle Rock.

15. What does Carlin say that Spangler is seeing when Spangler becomes enraged about masking tape on the mirror?
(a) The Queen's evil spirit.
(b) The Reaper.
(c) The Duchess.
(d) Spangler's own demons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people are celebrating in "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet"?

2. What does Quentin see when he enters Uncle Otto's house after buying groceries for him?

3. As Bobby is looking over the car, what thought distracts him?

4. What does the milkman discover at the house with the cancellation note?

5. What was Richard Pine's former name?

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