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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do David and Sharon find a lost cat?
(a) In a dumpster.
(b) In some blackberry bushes.
(c) In Sharon's college dorm.
(d) In an alley.

2. What does Sharon confess to David one night in "Do You Know Where I Am?"
(a) She has gambled their mortgage money away.
(b) She's an alcoholic.
(c) She's had an affair.
(d) She's been fired from her job.

3. What does Jackson try to sell to earn money to redeem the pow-wow regalia from the pawnshop?
(a) His shoes.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) His blood.
(d) Drugs.

4. What do Estelle and her son frequently forget?
(a) Their birthdays.
(b) Their students' names.
(c) Where they park their cars.
(d) Their address.

5. What kind of mental problem does Jackson have?
(a) Depression.
(b) Bipolar disorder.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Asocial disorder.

6. What do Sharon's parents do for a living?
(a) They're architects.
(b) They're musicians.
(c) They own a convenience store.
(d) They're lawyers.

7. Which of the following is something William does?
(a) Declines to take pills.
(b) Drinks.
(c) Smokes.
(d) Eats processed sugar.

8. What kind of Indian is David?
(a) Spokane.
(b) Cherokee.
(c) Apache.
(d) Lakota.

9. In "Do You Know Where I Am?", what does David do when the lost cat's owner comes to reclaim him.
(a) Hide the cat so he can keep it.
(b) Offer to keep the cat.
(c) Lie about his role in finding the cat, taking all the credit.
(d) Demand a reward.

10. What does Marie in "Flight Patterns" do for a living?
(a) She's a secretary.
(b) She's a stay-at-home wife and mom.
(c) She's a model.
(d) She's a teacher.

11. What does Sharon give David for his fortieth birthday?
(a) A T-shirt referring to the lost cat.
(b) A painting.
(c) A set of golf clubs.
(d) A Tarot card reading.

12. What kind of work does William do?
(a) He's an accountant.
(b) He drives a semi.
(c) He programs computers.
(d) He's a salesman.

13. What does Marie want William to do instead of catch his plane?
(a) Quit his job.
(b) Stay in bed and make love.
(c) Go fishing.
(d) Drive the kids to school.

14. What do both Estelle and her son do for a living?
(a) Practice law.
(b) Practice medicine.
(c) Make Indian jewelry.
(d) Teach at a community college.

15. Why do David and Sharon each spend their college graduation day alone?
(a) They are each moving to different cities.
(b) They break up temporarily because of David's lie.
(c) Their families don't like each other.
(d) They graduate from different schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Sharon tell at every family gathering during her long marriage to David?

2. What does Jackson do with his lottery winnings?

3. What feminist book does Estelle make her son read?

4. What does Jackson buy with twenty of his last twenty-five dollars?

5. What two things do David and Sharon have in common when they meet?

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