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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Moses stay while in Vacca Vale?
(a) The Wooden Lady.
(b) The Wooden Ship.
(c) The Game of Clue.
(d) The Clueless Lady.

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

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

4. What does Jack accuse Blandine of In “Purebreds"?
(a) Being selfish.
(b) Bullying.
(c) Lying.
(d) Squandering her academic opportunities.

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

6. Who interrupts Moses’s reflections?
(a) Workers.
(b) Blandine.
(c) Police.
(d) Father Tim.

7. In “Your Auntie Tammy,” when Joan moves to leave, what does Penny warn her about?
(a) The car is out of gas.
(b) The man who has been sitting in a parked car nearby for hours.
(c) The homeless boy.
(d) The car is broken.

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

9. What does Blandine find in the park?
(a) A rope.
(b) A goat.
(c) A butterfly.
(d) A cat.

10. In “A List of Hildegard Quotes, Written in a Notebook on Blandine’s Nightstand, Which Jack Reads on Wednesday Morning Tracing the Word Nothing on His Skin with a Fingernail,” who sneaks into Blandine’s room?
(a) Todd.
(b) Jack.
(c) Moses.
(d) Father Tim.

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

12. What does Moses tell the priest?
(a) His mother's death.
(b) His father's alcoholism.
(c) His mother and their fraught relationship.
(d) His life's work.

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

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

15. What is the name of the homeless woman outside the neighboring laundromat?
(a) Penny.
(b) Karen.
(c) Sharon.
(d) Pom Pom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Blandine die as a slave?

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

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

4. In “Major American Fires,” who drinks and sacrifices animals when Blandine is out?

5. What is the name is the officer that Jack confesses to?

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