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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When their group finds the stash of weapons, what do they take only because Pedro has insisted?
(a) Hand grenades.
(b) Pistols.
(c) Swords.
(d) Colts.

2. How many stories has Nam written in the year he has spent at the writing workshop?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) 25.
(c) 3 1/2.
(d) 0.

3. Nam’s father tells a story that Nam had never heard before about hiding from whom in a bunker?
(a) VIet Cong.
(b) American soldiers.
(c) His family.
(d) Buddhists.

4. Why is the window in Claudia’s house missing?
(a) Her mother jumped through it.
(b) They had been robbed recently.
(c) It has been so hot they had it removed.
(d) It broke and they could not afford to fix it.

5. Who introduced Henry to Olivia 18 years prior?
(a) Jacob Ames.
(b) Jacob Apelman.
(c) James Applemen.
(d) Jason Apelman.

6. What is the name of the boy people assume is Alison’s boyfriend?
(a) Dory Townsend.
(b) Cale Townsend.
(c) Lester Townsend.
(d) Vance Townsend.

7. What does Luis ask the narrator when he has his gun pointing at his target’s face?
(a) If he has the right guy.
(b) If he should kill him fast.
(c) What he should do next.
(d) If he should let him go.

8. At the music hall, Henry is handed a note from Elise saying she does not want to see him and that he can discuss a payment plan with her fiancé for what?
(a) Dinner.
(b) The concert tickets.
(c) Her cello.
(d) Her flight to Russia.

9. What does Nam’s father do at Nam’s apartment, despite Nam asking him to stop?
(a) Order pizza.
(b) Make his bed.
(c) Wash his dishes.
(d) Snoop.

10. What does Jamie’s mother do to the seagull after Jamie is unable to kill it?
(a) She stomps its head.
(b) She shoots it.
(c) She cuts its throat.
(d) She throws it back in the water.

11. What was Jamie’s father’s occupation when they first moved to Halflead Bay?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Fisherman.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Carpenter.

12. What does Alison invite Jamie and Cale to when she meets them at the jetty?
(a) Tammie’s house.
(b) A party.
(c) The movies.
(d) Her house for dinner.

13. Who does Ron meet before going to see El Padre?
(a) Eduardo.
(b) Luis.
(c) Claudia.
(d) Hernando.

14. What is Henry’s relationship to Elise Kosovo?
(a) He is her father.
(b) There is no relation.
(c) They are engaged.
(d) He is her uncle.

15. What instrument does Elise play?
(a) Flute.
(b) Clarinet.
(c) Violin.
(d) Cello.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nam’s girlfriend?

2. What is the name of the main character in the story “Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice”?

3. Where is the main character getting ready to go at the start of “Meeting Elise”?

4. What would Nam’s father do when Nam was a child if he deviated from his intense summer study schedule?

5. How long does Jamie find out his mother has to live after his father tells him they are not selling the house?

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