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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shapiro begin to think the sands can do?
(a) Swallow him alive.
(b) Hear what he is thinking.
(c) Drag him down into insanity.
(d) Devour him.

2. To what does the child in "For Owen" compare the fat children?
(a) Blueberries.
(b) Christmas trees.
(c) Watermelons.
(d) Tomatoes.

3. What does Rand do as the rescue ship leaves?
(a) He is sucked under the sand.
(b) He runs after the ship screaming for help.
(c) He begins cramming sand into his mouth.
(d) He lies down on the sand and dies.

4. As Bobby is looking over the car, what thought distracts him?
(a) The milkman left a spider at his door.
(b) His wife is waiting with supper.
(c) He does not like Leo in the least.
(d) Rocky is not really his friend.

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

6. How old is George Bruckner in "Gramma"?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 22.

7. What does Richard Pine do after he breaks his ankle?
(a) Amputates his foot and eats it.
(b) Amputates everything below his groin and eats it.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Uses heroin and becomes addicted.

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

9. What is Henry's original feeling toward Thorpe's Fornits story?
(a) He found it discomfiting.
(b) He found it frightening.
(c) He found it humorous.
(d) He found it ridiculous.

10. What does Henry do when Davidson shakes his hand?
(a) He howls furiously and runs outside.
(b) He draws his hand back and drops into his chair.
(c) He scoops up his winnings and leaves.
(d) He shakes Davidson's hand in return.

11. What does Rocky call his friend Bobby?
(a) Goldfinger.
(b) Stiff Socks.
(c) Top Hat.
(d) Mr. Goodwrench.

12. What does the captain of the rescue ship do when Rand refuses to leave?
(a) Shoots a tranquilizer dart at Rand.
(b) Sends four strong androids to drag Rand aboard.
(c) Leaves Rand there.
(d) Orders his crew to kill Rand.

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

14. Where did Richard Pine grow up?
(a) In an orphanage.
(b) In the projects.
(c) With his grandmother.
(d) On a farm.

15. In "For Owen," what is the name of the street passed while walking to school?
(a) Aloe.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Cypress.
(d) Tomato.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nona take the narrator?

2. What realization does Rocky make as he and Leo are on a drunken joyride?

3. What happens to the dog that gave Henry his paw to shake?

4. Shapiro gets the sense that the sands have what?

5. Where is Richard Pine when he writes in his diary?

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