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

2. What grade is Amy Lawton in?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Second.
(c) Third.
(d) Fourth.

3. What does Rosemary talk to Amy about?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Loneliness and alcoholism.
(c) Food.
(d) Wine.

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

5. Who told Amy to pour the gin down the sink?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Rosemary.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the story about Amy Lawton?

2. Whose fight prompts a call to police?

3. What kind of story is the one with Irene and Jim Westcott?

4. Who arranged the thoughtful gesture from the tenants for James Clancy?

5. Where are the Whitemores from originally?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Amy try to run away?

3. How do Ralph and Laura react to a Ralph's new job and potential raise in salary?

4. How does Clancy do when he first starts his job in "Clancy in the Tower of Babel?"

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

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

7. How is Baxter described?

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

9. Why does Irene hate the new radio?

10. How is Clarissa described in "The Chaste Clarissa?"

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