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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 soon did Ralph and Laura get married after meeting?
(a) Three months later.
(b) Six months later.
(c) One month later.
(d) Three years later.

2. Whose fight prompts a call to police?
(a) Mr. Lawton and the new housekeeper.
(b) Amy and Mr. Lawton.
(c) Amy and the new housekeeper.
(d) Any and her mom.

3. Which story is about Evarts and Alice Malloy?
(a) The Sutton Place Story.
(b) Goodbye My Brother.
(c) O City of Broken Dreams.
(d) The Enormous Radio.

4. What is Cash's injury?
(a) Broken arm.
(b) Twisted ankle.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) Broken neck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James Clancy assume about Mr. Rowantree?

2. What is the setting for the story about the Pomeroy family?

3. Where country do the immigrants come from in "Clancy in the Tower of Babel"?

4. Where are the Malloys traveling to?

5. What kind of music do Irene and Jim like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What becomes evident about Lawrence at Laud's Head?

2. How is Baxter described?

3. Why does Amy try to run away?

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

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

6. What baffles Clancy when he ends up in the hospital?

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

8. How does Clancy almost get fired?

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

10. Who are the Crutchmans in "The Worm in the Apple?"

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