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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Jamie asks if Alison is dating Dory, what does she tell him she thinks Dory might be?
(a) Going out with Tammie.
(b) Gay.
(c) In love with Lester.
(d) Slow.

3. What do some of Nam’s friends suggest he write because it is “hot” (9)?
(a) Autobiography.
(b) Ethnic literature.
(c) A memoir.
(d) Flash fiction.

4. What is the name of the girl Jamie likes in “Halflead Bay”?
(a) Alison.
(b) Amy.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Alicia.

5. What does Henry’s doctor tell him he will likely develop if he does not have it already?
(a) A cold.
(b) An ulcer.
(c) Hemorrhoids.
(d) Colorectal cancer.

6. How old was Olivia when she and Henry first met and she modeled for him?
(a) 17.
(b) 30.
(c) 25.
(d) 21.

7. Who alerts Jamie’s coach and principal of the upcoming fight with Dory, getting Jamie excused from practice?
(a) Michael.
(b) Jamie’s parents.
(c) Alison.
(d) Cale.

8. Who does Dory hit, possibly accidentally, when he comes to save Jamie from his fight with Dory?
(a) Jamie’s father.
(b) Michael.
(c) Jamie’s mother.
(d) Alison.

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

10. What does Lester tell Jamie is going to happen at practice on Monday?
(a) Jamie is getting kicked off the team.
(b) The whole team is going to beat Jamie up.
(c) Dory is going to beat Jamie up.
(d) Lester is going to beat Jamie up.

11. How old is Ron in Cartagena?
(a) 25.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

12. What was Jamie’s mother diagnosed with five years earlier?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) MS.
(c) COPD.
(d) Cancer.

13. What restaurant does Henry go to meet Elise and her fiancé?
(a) L’Atelier.
(b) Le Coucou.
(c) Picholine.
(d) Olive Garden.

14. Who does Henry go to see before his lunch with Elise?
(a) His agent.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His psychiatrist.
(d) His gastroenterologist.

15. Who does the main character think of spending time in the bath with at the beginning of “Meeting Elise”?
(a) Olivia.
(b) Alicia.
(c) Olvina.
(d) Olive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does the narrator go by as explained in the middle of the story Cartagena?

2. What does Henry say to his dead ex Olivia at the end of “Meeting Elise”?

3. Why is the window in Claudia’s house missing?

4. Which former member of the group does the narrator of Cartagena say he does not wish to think about when reflecting on other missing members?

5. What did Henry’s ex-wife want him to buy for a five-year-old Elise the first time she reached out to him?

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