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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 Gregory skilled at in the story with his name?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Computers.
(c) Sailing.
(d) Fighting.

2. Where does the daughter of the lord die in The Blue Jar?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.

3. The story of La Volpaia comes from what country?
(a) Argentina.
(b) United States.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Spain.

4. In the second scenario presented in Happy Endings, who kills him/herself?
(a) Christine.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Mary.

5. What becomes ruined due to the boy and his father in Blackberries?
(a) Pants.
(b) Shoes.
(c) A basket.
(d) A cap.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country is the author of Happy Endings?

2. Who wrote the story La Volpaia?

3. As Marta falls in The Falling Girl, the people get gradually more and more what as she nears the ground?

4. What is the name of the central male character in Happy Endings?

5. What intellectual friend does the narrator visit in Homage to Isaac Babel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Richard Brautigan make use of imagery and dramatic twist in The Weather in San Francisco?

2. What happens to the narrator's friend in At the River? How does he discover this?

3. How is the story On Hope different thematically and structurally from other narratives of the collection?

4. What do the boy and his father go to do after getting his new cap in Blackberries? What does this lead to?

5. Describe the scene that is the central subject in Preparations? What does the author consider?

6. Describe the themes and political motif in One of These Days. What other story in the collection shares similar themes?

7. What is the setting of Blue? What is troubling the citizens in the narrative?

8. What is the central plot in The Elephant? Why does the protagonist choose to build an inflatable elephant?

9. Who is the central character in The Grass-Eaters? What is his objective?

10. How does On Hope end? Where is the gypsy in the end of the narrative?

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