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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In All the Way in Flagstaff, what does William want to do when he grows up?
(a) Become a teacher.
(b) Become a doctor.
(c) Become a priest.
(d) Become a firefighter.

2. What is Walter's problem?
(a) He is an alcoholic.
(b) He is losing his memory.
(c) He is dying of cancer.
(d) He is having an affair.

3. In the story Chopin in Winter, who is the first person in Mrs. Kubiac's family to graduate from high school and attend college?
(a) Her daughter Marcy.
(b) Her son Matthew.
(c) Her daughter Marion.
(d) Her son Martin.

4. In Testimony of Pilot, who is Lillian?
(a) Quadberry's girlfriend.
(b) The narrator's mother.
(c) A girl the narrator of the story has a crush on in college.
(d) Radcleve's sister.

5. What does Robert call the husband?
(a) Bub.
(b) Yo.
(c) Bud.
(d) Mac.

6. What does the mother in The First Day ask for help in doing?
(a) Filling out registration forms.
(b) Finding the bookstore.
(c) Locating the bathrooms.
(d) Locating the lunchroom.

7. Where are the narrator and his passengers going in the story Rock Springs?
(a) To Connecticut.
(b) To Oregon.
(c) To Florida.
(d) To Louisiana.

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

9. In the story Rock Springs, what animal does Edna win in a bet?
(a) A tarantula.
(b) A goat.
(c) A spider monkey.
(d) A kitten.

10. In the story The First Day, what time does the mother tell her daughter she will pick her up?
(a) One.
(b) Noon.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

11. In Testimony of Pilot, how does Lillian die?
(a) A bomb explodes in a plane on which she is a stewardess.
(b) She contracts cancer and dies within a year.
(c) She dies in a car crash.
(d) She is murdered in her apartment.

12. What did Michael remember hearing as a child from the open window in his room?
(a) The discussions in the Kubiac's apartment.
(b) The Kubiacs fighting.
(c) The sound of the traffic on the street.
(d) His parents singing.

13. In Minor Heroism, who is posing in the famous picture with the narrator's father?
(a) Audrey Hepburn.
(b) Betty Grable.
(c) Marilyn Monroe.
(d) The Andrews Sisters.

14. Where does Hattie Benedict and the two children find shelter during the blizzard?
(a) In a pig sty.
(b) In an automobile.
(c) In a wooden house.
(d) In a haystack.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the couple stay for the weekend in A Romantic Weekend?

2. In the story Testimony of Pilot, what does Radcleve do to Quadberry?

3. Who is Dzia-Dzia?

4. What kind of car does the narrator of Rock Springs steal?

5. Why is the couple in A Romantic Weekend going away for the weekend?

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