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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. How many siblings does Amy have?
(a) One.
(b) Zero.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. What does Jim promise Irene?
(a) That he will always love music.
(b) That they don't need a radio.
(c) That they will have children that will love music.
(d) That he will buy a new radio.

3. What was Cash previously a star in?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Football.
(c) Track.
(d) Soccer.

4. How old are Mrs. Pomery's children?
(a) Babies.
(b) In their thirties.
(c) In their twenties.
(d) Teenagers.

5. How is Cash injured?
(a) Running from his job.
(b) Louise hits him.
(c) Playing with his kids.
(d) The reinactment of a race.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose fight prompts a call to police?

2. Who is Mr. Rowantree?

3. Who continue to have terrible disagreements in "Clancy and the Tower of Babel"?

4. What is Clarissa's last name in "The Chaste Clarissa?"

5. How do Irene and Jim listen to their music?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the shared love of Irene and Jim Westcott.

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

3. Why does Amy try to run away?

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

5. Describe Cash's and Louise's marriage.

6. What are the Pomeroys feelings about seeing each other at Laud's Head?

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

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

9. What does Laura do when she becomes pregnant?

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

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