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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Fat Girl, what did Louise's mother start talking to her about when Louise was eight years old?
(a) Attending college.
(b) Her career.
(c) Attending high school.
(d) Watching her weight.

2. Whose music does Dzia-Dzia hear while he sits at the other end of the kitchen table from Michael?
(a) Rock music.
(b) Piano music.
(c) Fiddle music.
(d) Harp music.

3. Where does Hattie Benedict move after the blizzard?
(a) Oakland, California.
(b) Sarasota, Florida.
(c) Seattle, Washington
(d) Raleigh, North Carolina.

4. In Cathedral, who is Robert?
(a) The wife's uncle.
(b) The wife's brother.
(c) The wife's grandfather.
(d) The wife's blind friend.

5. Where did Mrs. Kubiac go to try and find her daughter?
(a) Portland.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

6. In the story Girl, on what day does the speaker tell the girl to wash clothes?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Monday.

7. To whom was Robert married?
(a) Betty.
(b) Beulah.
(c) Bernice.
(d) Sandra.

8. Where do the couple stay for the weekend in A Romantic Weekend?
(a) At a B and B.
(b) In a Marriott Hotel.
(c) In his grandmother's deserted apartment.
(d) At a friend of hers.

9. What is Michael working on when he sits at the kitchen table in the evenings?
(a) His art.
(b) His science.
(c) His math.
(d) His penmanship.

10. In River of Names, what is the narrator certain she does not want to do?
(a) Go back to college.
(b) Tell stories.
(c) Get married.
(d) Have children.

11. In the story Emergency, how long has the narrator been working in the emergency room when his story begins?
(a) About a year.
(b) About three months.
(c) About six months.
(d) About three weeks.

12. Why is the couple in A Romantic Weekend going away for the weekend?
(a) To mountain climb.
(b) To ride bikes.
(c) To go to museums.
(d) To pick up the man's wife's car.

13. Who does Georgie pick up hitchhiking on the side of the road?
(a) A young woman escaping a horrible husband.
(b) A young man AWOL from the army trying to get to Canada.
(c) A young man running from the police.
(d) A young woman who has been shot.

14. What unusual injury befalls Terrence Weber in Emergency?
(a) His wife stabs him in the heart.
(b) His wife stabs him in the eye.
(c) His wife stabs him in the stomach.
(d) His wife stabs him in the leg.

15. In Minor Heroism, what happens between father and son one New Year's Eve that shocks the father?
(a) His son told him he was getting married.
(b) In anger the father hit his son.
(c) His son knocked him to the ground.
(d) In frsutration the father called his son names.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the couple decide to do after their first night together on their romantic weekend?

2. What two children are left at the school house with the teacher during the blizzard?

3. In The First Day, what does the mother say when she finds her daughter cannot attend Seaton?

4. What is the young girl carrying with her on the first day?

5. What instructions does the speaker give in The Girl about eating?

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