1. In the poem "Verse for a Certain Dog," what is the difference between the lines inside the parentheses and those not in parentheses?
(a) The lines outside are spoken to the dog and those inside are to the reader.
(b) The lines outside are spoken to the reader and those inside are to the dog.
(c) The lines outside are about the dog as an adult and those inside are about the puppy.
(d) The lines outside praise the dog and those inside scold the dog.

2. In the poem "Hearthside," what does the narrator dream of?
(a) Children who have gone away.
(b) A time when all the world is at peace.
(c) Returning to the warm of home.
(d) Visiting far-away places.

3. How does Midge change the rules of their game at the end of "The Standard of Living"?
(a) She suggests that they invite more people to play with them.
(b) She says that they should no longer ask about the prices of their "purchases."
(c) She raises the amount of money they can "spend" from one to ten million dollars.
(d) She decides that the players can spend their money on others.

4. At the end of the story "Arrangement in Black and White," what detail of the dinner party is the woman eager to share with her husband?
(a) That she called Walter Williams "Mister."
(b) That she got to meet the singer Walter Williams.
(c) That she got to meet Katherine Burke.
(d) That the party host was rude to her.

5. What does the young man in "The Waltz" offer to do after the band stops playing?
(a) To pay the band twenty dollars to play another song.
(b) To walk the young woman to the bus stop.
(c) To walk the young woman home.
(d) To help bandage the young woman's shin.