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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. In "The Last Night of the World" how do the people feel about the upcoming event?
(a) Perplexed.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Scared.
(d) Ambivalent.

2. One of the objects is shaped like which fruit?
(a) Grape.
(b) Watermelon.
(c) Apple.
(d) Orange.

3. What type of pet is kept by the boy?
(a) Rat.
(b) Gerbil.
(c) Cat.
(d) Spider.

4. What is the name of the family doctor?
(a) Jeffers.
(b) Parrish.
(c) Hermann.
(d) Adams.

5. Where is the Captain captured by the Martians?
(a) Family cemetery plot.
(b) Spaceship.
(c) Childhood home.
(d) High school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relation of the wife's dies during the story?

2. What word best describes the boy's behavior?

3. What is the name of the protagonist's brother?

4. Which two characters decide to go off on vacation to get away from their wives?

5. What is the name of the main character in "The Emissary?"

Short Essay Questions

1. "The Veldt" tells a story about the Hadley family. What unusual thing has the family done to their house? What part of the house proves to be the most significant?

2. Who presents a solution to Harris? What is the solution? Does Harris take the advice?

3. Explain Walter Gripp's situation in "The Silent Towns." What has upset Walter? What does he do about it? What is the outcome?

4. In "The Murderer" Albert Brock is under psychiatric care. Why is Brock under observation? What is the problem with Brock?

5. What is the main issue with Mr. Harris, the protagonist in "Skeleton?"

6. What happens to Uncle Einar as he returns to from the Elliot family reunion? How does the event change Einar's life?

7. "The Big Black and White Game" tells a story about a segregated baseball game. Describe the players on each team.

8. In "The Playground" Charles Underhill objects when his sister Carol wants to take Charles' three-year-old son Jim to a playground. Why does Charles object? What is the outcome of the story?

9. How does the Erickson family come across the farmhouse? How do they claim the old house?

10. Describe the situation of the main character in "The Emissary."

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