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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the young girl in the story?
(a) Patty.
(b) Henrietta.
(c) Alice.
(d) Marion.

2. What is the name of the character that suffers from dual personalities?
(a) Freeleigh.
(b) Finck.
(c) Fabian.
(d) Fabio.

3. What topic is addressed in the strange inscription?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Angst.
(c) Prosperity.
(d) Joy.

4. With whom does the boy fall in love?
(a) Neighbor.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Coach.
(d) Babysitter.

5. What is the name of the family that emigrated to Mars?
(a) Carlson.
(b) Smith.
(c) Bertram.
(d) Bitterling.

6. What is the name of the ill daughter in "A Medicine for Melancholy (The Sovereign Remedy Revealed!)?"
(a) Camillia.
(b) Anne.
(c) Raynie.
(d) Victoria.

7. "The Tombling Day" deals with activities that take place in which location?
(a) Hospital.
(b) Elementary school.
(c) Cemetery.
(d) Apartment complex.

8. What does an aqueduct typically carry?
(a) Animals.
(b) Invalids.
(c) Food.
(d) Water.

9. What is the name of the old woman that befriends the three complaining men?
(a) Petrelli.
(b) Underwood.
(c) Hillgood.
(d) Killmartin.

10. The couple's main argument regards which subject?
(a) Chores.
(b) Money.
(c) Infidelity.
(d) Children.

11. Where do the people live in "All Summer in a Day?"
(a) Venus.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Mars.
(d) Earth.

12. What is the name of the owner?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Terle.
(c) Tully.
(d) Taylor.

13. Where does the man go on his final vacation?
(a) Mars.
(b) Canada.
(c) Greece.
(d) British Isles.

14. "The Black Ferris" tells the story of a magical Ferris wheel that alters a rider's ____.
(a) Height.
(b) Weight.
(c) Hair color.
(d) Age.

15. Who becomes suspicious of the mushrooms being grown in "Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar?"
(a) Neighbors.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Mothers.
(d) Fathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Picasso Summer" George Smith vacations in which country while looking for Picasso?

2. What is the surname of the couple in the story?

3. In "The Haunting of the New," takes place mainly in what type of building?

4. The main topic in "Yes, We'll Gather at the River" concerns which of the following?

5. In "The Shoreline at Sunset" two men are on the beach looking for which of the following?

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