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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. Who wrote "That in Aleppo Once..."?
(a) Tom Harris.
(b) Bob Smith.
(c) Vladimir Nabokov.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

2. In "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin,", how old is Richard?
(a) 22.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 17.

3. In "The Other Woman" what is about to happen in the storyteller's life?
(a) He will soon be married.
(b) He will attend a funeral.
(c) He will become a priest.
(d) He will soon be divorced.

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

5. In "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin," the boy has a crush on ___________.
(a) His sister.
(b) Miss Aehle.
(c) Marie.
(d) Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Hitch-Hikers" where does Tom Harris take the men?

2. In "The Second Tree From the Corner," what mode of transportation does Mr. Trexler use?

3. In "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin," what does the boy turn to after he realizes he is losing his best friend?

4. In "That in Aleppo Once..." the wife cries for __________.

5. In "The Other Woman" where does the other woman work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the marriage between Julia and Francis in "The Country Husband."

2. Why do you think the author chose to have a narrator listening to a friend tell a story in "The Other Woman"?

3. In "The Hitch-Hikers" what does Harris do to try to help the hitch-hikers?

4. In "Christmas Gift" why does the storekeeper give the boy candy?

5. How is "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin" a story about coming of age?

6. In "The Other Woman" do you think that the man truly loved his wife?

7. Why do you think that Francis becomes obsessed with the babysitter in "A Country Husband"?

8. In "The Second Tree from the Corner," what are Mr. Trexler's bizarre thoughts?

9. In "That in Aleppo Once..." what does the wife do to hurt her husband?

10. In "Christmas Gift" why do you suppose the father stopped complaining about the half-sister staying with the family?

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