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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the narrator describe Ma Sih Hsuin getting a third-class ticket for the passage to San Francisco in "Mimi Ma"?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1964.

2. How many acres do Jorgen Hoel and his wife plow and plant in their first year in Iowa?
(a) 2 dozen acres.
(b) 4 dozen acres.
(c) 6 dozen acres.
(d) 10 dozen acres.

3. What object caused Olivia's electrocution?
(a) A microwave.
(b) A lamp.
(c) A hairdryer.
(d) A television.

4. How much money is in Olivia's bank account when she leaves school and begins driving?
(a) Just over $500.
(b) Just under $3,000.
(c) Just under $2,000.
(d) Just over $4,000.

5. Where does Patricia Westerford go to college?
(a) University of California Los Angeles.
(b) Berkeley University.
(c) DePaul University.
(d) Eastern Kentucky University.

6. From where do Jorgen Hoel and his wife move to Iowa?
(a) Harlem, New York.
(b) The Bronx, New York.
(c) Brooklyn, New York.
(d) Staten Island, New York.

7. For how long does the narrator say Olivia was dead in "Trunk"?
(a) 1 minute and 38 seconds.
(b) 2 minutes and 2 seconds.
(c) 45 seconds.
(d) 1 minute and 10 seconds.

8. Who has Olivia just divorced in "Olivia Vandergriff"?
(a) Roger.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Davy.
(d) Mike.

9. What is Patricia Westerford's father's profession?
(a) He is a medical assistant.
(b) He is an ag extension agent.
(c) He is a pharmacist.
(d) He is a patent lawyer.

10. What is the answer to the following question posed to Patty by her father in "Patricia Westerford"? "If you carved your name four feet high in the bark of a beech tree, how high would it be after half a century" (113)?
(a) 6 feet.
(b) 5 feet.
(c) 10 feet.
(d) 4 feet.

11. How old is Nick Hoel when he meets Olivia?
(a) 27.
(b) 39.
(c) 35.
(d) 43.

12. What is the mushroom that Patricia Westerford almost commits suicide with?
(a) Podostroma cornu-damae.
(b) Galerina marginata.
(c) Amanita bisporigera.
(d) Lepiota brunneoincarnata.

13. How much were the participants in the Stanford Prison Experiment paid each day?
(a) $19.
(b) $5.
(c) $10.
(d) $15.

14. What role is Dorothy Cazaly cast in Macbeth?
(a) Lady Macbeth.
(b) Lady Macduff.
(c) The Nurse.
(d) Lady Guildenstern.

15. What play have Ray and Dorothy just returned home from when they first appear in "Trunk"?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang.
(c) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
(d) Guys and Dolls.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stitches does Dorothy get after her car accident?

2. What character is Ray Brinkman cast in Macbeth?

3. Whose poetry does Patricia Westerford read at her father's funeral?

4. Where does Nicholas Hoel go to a museum exhibit when home for the holidays in "Nicholas Hoel"?

5. What does the code do that Neelay works on for his father?

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