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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of facility does the person in #47 operate?
(a) Veterinary hospital.
(b) Art school.
(c) Weight loss clinic.
(d) Mental institution.

2. What does the man in #73 do at the end of the story?
(a) Divorces his wife.
(b) Separates from his wife.
(c) Kills himself.
(d) Returns to his wife.

3. What type of business is Mrs. Pearson planning on opening?
(a) A flower shop.
(b) A bakery.
(c) An interior design shop.
(d) An antiques shop.

4. Why do Mary and her husband choose not to stay in their usual accommodations this year?
(a) It is too expensive.
(b) It is in decline.
(c) It is booked up.
(d) It is being remodeled.

5. Who is George?
(a) Rose's boyfriend.
(b) Rose's boss.
(c) Rose's brother.
(d) Rose's father.

6. The author says that she is always ____________________.
(a) running late.
(b) searching for her next great love.
(c) wishing she were somewhere else.
(d) writing a novel in her head.

7. What surprises Hamish and Mary about the Germans they see while on vacation?
(a) They drink way too much.
(b) They are all very thin.
(c) They are so pale.
(d) They don't act like they lost the war.

8. The men stare at a woman who is ________________ on another roof.
(a) hanging out laundry.
(b) sunbathing.
(c) dancing.
(d) reading a book.

9. How old is Jerry in "Through the Tunnel"?
(a) 19.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 11.

10. Where has the woman in #3 moved?
(a) New York.
(b) China.
(c) Africa.
(d) Paris.

11. The person in #47 shows his ________________ to Hamish and Mary.
(a) paintings.
(b) files.
(c) books.
(d) photographs.

12. How does Rose's mother die?
(a) She is run over by a lorry.
(b) She drives over a cliff.
(c) She drowns while swimming.
(d) She has a heart attack.

13. What is Bobby's last name?
(a) Tippitt.
(b) Hall.
(c) Watson.
(d) Theodoros.

14. What does George learn about the woman in #3?
(a) She refuses his proposal.
(b) She wants to marry him.
(c) She is very ill.
(d) She does not want to return to him.

15. What can Hamish and Mary tell about the person in #44?
(a) He is grieving.
(b) He is strikingly handsome.
(c) He has had reconstructive surgery.
(d) He is a foreigner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman do when the men whistle at her?

2. Why does Annie's husband leave abruptly?

3. What is Hamish's last name?

4. What job does Rose take during the war?

5. Who is Mary's husband in "Pleasure"?

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