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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Moses's blog about?
(a) His life.
(b) His alienation.
(c) His past works.
(d) Moses’s notion of the Toll, the endurance of alienating discomfort.

2. Why does Moses have trouble with Father Tim's idea?
(a) Because Elsie would know.
(b) Because Blandine would know.
(c) Because he is scared.
(d) Because Elsie was a selfish addict.

3. Who is one of the only people that makes Joan feel loved?
(a) Moses.
(b) Tammy.
(c) Blandine.
(d) Elsie.

4. In “Purebreds,” who accompanies Jack on his dog-sitting job?
(a) Father Tim.
(b) Max.
(c) Todd.
(d) Blandine.

5. What do Blandine and Jack talk about?
(a) Life beyond foster care.
(b) Social media, authenticity, and escape.
(c) Texts.
(d) Cars and money.

6. What does Jack read of Blandine's?
(a) Her poems.
(b) Her notebook entries.
(c) Her songs.
(d) Her writings.

7. In “The Expanding Circle,” what does Moses delete?
(a) Hidden sayings.
(b) Articles.
(c) Blogs.
(d) The email.

8. What does Father Tim think Elsie was trying to protect Moses from?
(a) The past.
(b) Herself.
(c) The world.
(d) Her trauma.

9. How many comments did Joan delete in “Respect the Deceased"?
(a) 81.
(b) 60.
(c) 2.
(d) 77.

10. In Part III, “It Wasn’t Todd’s Idea,” what is the incident called?
(a) The mice incident.
(b) The dog incident.
(c) The cat incident.
(d) The fish incident.

11. The writer blames his wife’s friend of what in “Game of Clue"?
(a) Money has disappeared.
(b) Valentina has been planting weapons in his house.
(c) Valentina is a liar.
(d) The town is being destroyed.

12. What is the name of the animal that Blandine finds in the bushes?
(a) Wayward.
(b) Cat.
(c) Hilton.
(d) Hildegard.

13. In “Namesake,” what year is it in France?
(a) 188 AD.
(b) 56 B.C.
(c) 177 AD.
(d) 2022.

14. What city in France is Blandine a slave?
(a) Nice.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Frankort.
(d) Lyon.

15. What does Jack think is easier for Blandine than for him?
(a) Finding a family.
(b) Escaping Vacca Vale.
(c) Falling in love.
(d) Securing a job.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Olive Brine,” where does Moses get a room?

2. What is the name of the homeless woman outside the neighboring laundromat?

3. How many symptoms does the writer describe he has been experiencing?

4. In “Your Auntie Tammy,” why does Joan feel guilty?

5. Jack knows he is drunk and high when what happens to him?

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