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

2. What work does Ron do for his boss?
(a) He sells drugs.
(b) He is an assassin.
(c) He is his accountant.
(d) He keeps his files in order.

3. What did Henry’s ex-wife want him to buy for a five-year-old Elise the first time she reached out to him?
(a) New shoes.
(b) A half-million dollar cello.
(c) School clothes.
(d) Plane tickets to visit him.

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

5. What is the reason the buyers decide against purchasing Jamie’s family’s home in Halflead Bay?
(a) The price is too high.
(b) The house needs too much work.
(c) His mother scares them off.
(d) His father scares them off.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stories has Nam written in the year he has spent at the writing workshop?

2. What do some of Nam’s friends suggest he write because it is “hot” (9)?

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

4. What does Nam’s father notice in his apartment, saying he knew he would never really quit?

5. What was Jamie’s father’s occupation when they first moved to Halflead Bay?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Luis and the group treat their target after they find him in his neighborhood eating a donut?

2. How do Jamie’s parents stop the fight between Jamie and Dory?

3. How does Nam’s father treat the homeless man he finds by the river?

4. What does Jamie’s mother tell him he should talk to John Thompson about?

5. What does Henry thinks when he sees Elise perform and spots her outside after the concert?

6. What happened to the Chinese Poacher in “Halflead Bay”?

7. What does Nam find out about his father’s past when he gets drunk at a party in Melbourne and tells his friends his story?

8. Who is Cale and how does Jamie know him?

9. What does Alison tell Jamie her relationship with Dory is like when they are alone on the pier after the party?

10. Why are Carlos and Salesio missing from Ron’s gallada as explained at the start of “Cartagena”?

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