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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin", what does Miss Aehle say about Richard and the sister?
(a) They are musical prodigies.
(b) They look alike.
(c) They have no talent.
(d) They are dating.

2. In "Wild Plums" what does the Slump family throw to the narrator?
(a) Wild plums.
(b) A bible.
(c) A handful of rocks.
(d) Oranges.

3. In "My Dead Brother Comes to America," how did the brother die?
(a) He choked on a peanut.
(b) In a car accident.
(c) In the war.
(d) He committed suicide.

4. In "The Hitch-Hikers" who gives away the guitar?
(a) Tom Harris.
(b) Sobby.
(c) Sanford.
(d) The motel owner.

5. In "The Hitch-Hikers" who kills Sanford?
(a) He kills himself.
(b) The little boy.
(c) Sobby.
(d) Tom Harris.

6. In "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin," what happens to Richard?
(a) He becomes a priest.
(b) He goes crazy.
(c) He marries the sister.
(d) He dies.

7. In "Wild Plums" why does the narrator's father visit the Slump property?
(a) To collect rent.
(b) To retrieve his plow.
(c) To go pluming.
(d) To arrange his daughter's marriage.

8. Who wrote "Wild Plums"?
(a) Grace Stone Coates.
(b) Jackie Kennedy.
(c) Joyce Carol Oates.
(d) Fannie Flagg.

9. In "Theft" who tries to steal from the main character?
(a) A lover.
(b) A janitress.
(c) A friend.
(d) Her mother.

10. In "Wild Plums" what does the narrator's mother say wild plums taste like?
(a) Sweet.
(b) Bitter.
(c) Raw beets.
(d) Salty.

11. Who wrote "Christmas Gift"?
(a) Robert Penn Warren.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Henry Miller.

12. In "My Dead Brother Comes to America," why is the mother nervous to see the father?
(a) She is always nervous.
(b) She doesn't like him.
(c) She has not told him of the death.
(d) She no longer loves him.

13. In "The Country Husband" Francis had been in the __________.
(a) Army.
(b) Air Force.
(c) Navy.
(d) Marines.

14. Who wrote "The Other Woman"?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) Sherwood Anderson.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) John Smith.

15. In "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin," who is the boy's best friend?
(a) His sister.
(b) William.
(c) His mother.
(d) Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin," the sister has a crush on ______________.

2. Who wrote "The Second Tree From the Corner"?

3. In "My Dead Brother Comes to America," what has the father gotten for all the children?

4. In "Christmas Gift" why does Sill enter the store?

5. In "The Second Tree From the Corner," what does Mr. Trexler deny having?

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