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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alison tell Jamie that Dory likes to do with her when he is drunk?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Have her read to him.
(c) Watch TV.
(d) Hold her hand.

2. What does Jamie get praised for in the school auditorium at the beginning of “Halflead Bay”?
(a) Earning a full scholarship to Harvard.
(b) Scoring the winning goal.
(c) Having perfect attendance.
(d) Being valedictorian.

3. How soon before Nam’s father’s visit does he tell his girlfriend his father is coming?
(a) The night before.
(b) A week before.
(c) One month before.
(d) Two weeks before.

4. What was Jamie’s mother’s occupation when they first moved to Halflead Bay?
(a) Musician.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Painter.
(d) Writer.

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

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

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

8. What was Henry’s occupation?
(a) Filmmaker.
(b) Composer.
(c) Photographer.
(d) Figure painter.

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

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

11. What does Cale tell Jamie about his dead girlfriend whose necklace he wears?
(a) He made her up.
(b) She committed suicide.
(c) He killed her.
(d) She is alive and lives in Cairns.

12. Who did Ron fail to kill despite orders from El Padre?
(a) Luis.
(b) Pedro.
(c) Hernando.
(d) His mother.

13. What does Jamie’s father do from their home after quitting his job when his mother received her diagnosis?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Build furniture.
(c) Sells their stuff.
(d) Teach online classes.

14. When Ron comes home after his business with Luis, who does his mom tell him called?
(a) Luis.
(b) Xavier.
(c) Claudia.
(d) Pedro.

15. After meeting him at the jetty, what does Alison say about the area they walk to near the courthouse ruins?
(a) It is the saddest place she knows.
(b) It is her happy place.
(c) It is the scariest place she knows.
(d) She has never been there before.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the things Nam tries to hide from his father when he first arrives at his apartment?

2. After Linda reads Nam’s story at the coffee shop, what does she tell him he is doing to his father in order to forgive him for abusing him?

3. Which member of the group urges the narrator to help them with the with their “business on behalf of Luis” (30)?

4. Who introduced Henry to Olivia 18 years prior?

5. What is the name of the main character in “Meeting Elise”?

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