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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Henry Brower?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) George's cousin.
(c) A man who replaced one of George's friends in a poker game.
(d) A stranger who knocked on the door asking for help.

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

4. What happens to Gramma while George is fixing them dinner?
(a) She falls out of bed.
(b) She is attacked by unseen forces.
(c) She dies.
(d) She falls down the stairs.

5. Shapiro gets the sense that the sands have what?
(a) Evil thoughts.
(b) The voice of an old woman.
(c) The power to keep him there.
(d) Hiding places for many strange creatures.

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

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

8. What does the narrator think happened when he met Nona?
(a) His life spun out of control.
(b) She manipulated him.
(c) He was attracted to her as a mother figure.
(d) It was love at first sight.

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

10. What lie does Henry tell Thorpe?
(a) That Henry has a Fornit of his own.
(b) That Henry had seen a Fornit at the zoo.
(c) That the FBI was looking into Thorpe's Fornit.
(d) That Fornits are actually aliens.

11. What is the reasoning behind Rocky's inebriation?
(a) He spent time in jail for involuntary manslaughter.
(b) He spent time in jail for reckless endangerment.
(c) He spent time in jail for carrying a concealed weapon.
(d) He spent time in jail for embezzlement.

12. In what room of the museum is the looking glass kept?
(a) The attic.
(b) The courtesan library.
(c) The upper floor gables room.
(d) The special exhibition room.

13. Why does Quentin think Uncle Otto is hallucinating about McCutchson's truck?
(a) Because Otto is going mad.
(b) Because Otto has intense guilt about his partner's demise.
(c) Because Quentin thinks Otto killed McCutchson with the truck.
(d) Because Otto thinks McCutchson is haunting him.

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

15. How does Davidson feel about the way Henry left?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Angry.
(d) Insulted.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Henry win the poker game?

3. Who is giving Nona a hard time when the narrator meets her?

4. What does Shapiro do while Rand stands mesmerized by the shifting sand?

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

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