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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. What is the setting for the story about the Pomeroy family?
(a) An apartment in Laud's Head.
(b) A small house in Laud's Head.
(c) A restuarant in Laud's Head.
(d) A seaside mansion in Laud's Head.

2. Who dies at the end of "O Youth and Beauty?"
(a) One of the Bentley children.
(b) Cash.
(c) Louise.
(d) An unamed fan of Cash's.

3. What does the narrator in "Goodbye My Brother" do for a living?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Attorney.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Businesswoman.

4. What does James Clancy begin to understand about Mr. Rowantree?
(a) That he is married.
(b) That he hates being social.
(c) That he is cheating on lots of girlfriends.
(d) That he is gay.

5. Where does James Clancy get a job?
(a) A grocery store.
(b) An upscale apartment complex.
(c) A law firm.
(d) A doctor's office.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose fight prompts a call to police?

2. Where did the Whitemores meet?

3. Who is Mrs. Pomeroy married to?

4. Who tries to get James Clancy fired?

5. What was Cash previously a star in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Baxter described?

2. Why does Amy try to run away?

3. What do the Pomeroy children do to irk Lawrence?

4. What is the relationship between the Pomeroy children?

5. How does the story of Irene and Jim Westcott get its name?

6. What is the background of the relationship between Ralph and Laura Whittemore?

7. Why does Blake fire his secretary in "The Five Forty-Eight?"

8. Why don't the other Pomeroy children like Lawrence?

9. How does Cash feel about his former days as a track star in "O Youth and Beauty?"

10. Why is Ralph trying to get new jobs and promotions?

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