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

2. In "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin," what instrument does Richard play?
(a) Violin.
(b) Tamborine.
(c) Flute.
(d) Piano.

3. In "The Killers" what was Ole Anderson's former profession?
(a) He was a bookie.
(b) He was a boxer.
(c) He was a school teacher.
(d) He was a priest.

4. In "My Dead Brother Comes to America," the family is coming from ___________________.
(a) Ireland.
(b) The Ukraine.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

5. In "The Country Husband" who listens to Francis tell about the event that has just happened?
(a) No one.
(b) Francis' children.
(c) Julia.
(d) Anne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The Country Husband"?

2. In "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin," how does the family lose contact with Richard?

3. In "The Second Tree From the Corner," whom does Mr. Trexler visit?

4. In "The Hitch-Hikers" what does Sobby try to steal?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Country Husband" how does Julia make herself happy?

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

3. How do you perceive the fiancee in "The Other Woman"?

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

5. Describe the evidence that the family in "Christmas Gift" are second-class citizens.

6. In "The Country Husband" what does Francis' recollection of the maid add to the story?

7. In "That In Aleppo Once..." who is V.?

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

9. In "Wild Plums" why do the narrator's parents not want her to pick plums?

10. Compare and contrast the janitress and the young woman in "Theft."

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