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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does SHE leave the boy in the library in "Nervous"?
(a) Abandoned.
(b) Satisfied.
(c) Happy.
(d) Perplexed.

2. In "First Night" what does the narrator's boyfriend collect the rain water in?
(a) His hand.
(b) A Perrier bottle.
(c) A glass.
(d) A wine bottle.

3. Who is Tony in "Wrong Number"?
(a) Amber's live-in boyfriend.
(b) Amber's brother.
(c) Amber's landlord.
(d) The guy who misdials Amber.

4. What is the result of the narrator and the piano player's encounter in "Harlem Blues"?
(a) They have one special night together.
(b) They date for about 9 months.
(c) They have been married for 5 years.
(d) They are supposed to get married.

5. What does the narrator dream about in "Harlem Blues"?
(a) Her future life.
(b) Kendall.
(c) The drummer.
(d) The piano player.

Short Answer Questions

1. What changes for the narrator in "Harlem Blues" as she watches her friend, the piano player?

2. What does Zane's disclaimer say in the Acknowledgments?

3. What happened in 1992 that changed that narrator's life in "Sock It To Me"?

4. What does the narrator ask her boyfriend in "Animal Farm"?

5. What does the narrator's boyfriend warn the narrator of in "Dinner At Eight"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrator and Norman's relationship in "The Godfather".

2. How does "Be My Valentine" end?

3. What happens in "Animal Farm"?

4. What happens as a result of Rob and Amber's misdialed phone conversation in "Wrong Number"?

5. What is the result of the piano player and the narrator's night alone in "Harlem Blues"?

6. How do Bridget and Drake solve their problems in "A Time For Change"?

7. Why is it so easy for the narrator of "Harlem Blues" to sing the blues?

8. What happens as result of the narrator and her boyfriend's first intimate experience in "The Seduction"?

9. What does the couple do in "First Night"?

10. Describe the setting of "The Diary".

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