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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What appears out of the bushes in front of Blandine?
(a) Goat.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Dog.
(d) Cat.

2. In “Human Being!,” who is the author of the book that Blandine is reading?
(a) Hilton.
(b) Wayward.
(c) Smith.
(d) Hildegard.

3. In “The Rotten Truth,” whose wedding does Moses skip?
(a) Elsie.
(b) Blandine.
(c) Todd.
(d) His own.

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

5. What do the boys hear from Blandine's room?
(a) Cats.
(b) Goats.
(c) Bleating.
(d) Dogs.

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

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

8. What does Moses agree to do?
(a) To visit Elsie on her deathbed.
(b) To visit his dying father.
(c) To say his prayers.
(d) To wait for another priest.

9. After the business went down what does the town discover?
(a) The company is responsible for the town's suffering.
(b) The company is responsible for contaminating the groundwater.
(c) There is money hidden.
(d) The town can thrive.

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

11. In “Human Being!,” where does Blandine spend the evening?
(a) The Valley.
(b) Apartment C6.
(c) Apartment C9.
(d) The laundromat.

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

13. In “Major American Fires,” who drinks and sacrifices animals when Blandine is out?
(a) Jack, Malik, and Todd.
(b) Moses.
(c) teenagers in the town.
(d) Elsie.

14. Where do Blandine and Jack share a moment of discussion?
(a) A client’s house.
(b) A car.
(c) A pub.
(d) An apartment.

15. In “Welcome Home,” how many Vacca Vale commercials does Todd watch online?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “The Expanding Circle,” what does Moses delete?

2. Whie Blandine passes the empty factories, what does she feel?

3. What happens to the town in “The Flood"?

4. What does Moses feel when he gets to his room?

5. Who abandoned Moses as a child?

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