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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Nick and Karen do on Sundays?
(a) They slept late and read the paper all afternoon.
(b) They jogged or practiced basketball.
(c) They jogged or worked out in a gym.
(d) They drove to the country.

3. Who does Louise marry when she is thin?
(a) Richard.
(b) Randy.
(c) Robert.
(d) Stephen.

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

5. What kind of car does the narrator of Rock Springs steal?
(a) A black Cadillac.
(b) A cranberry Mercedes.
(c) A white Corvette.
(d) A grey Continental.

6. 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 daughter Marion.
(c) Her son Martin.
(d) Her son Matthew.

7. After the accident, where does Ad Magic encounter the white horse?
(a) With the boy and the monkey.
(b) In front of the New Zealand Cafe.
(c) On the beach of the Arabian Sea.
(d) On the race track outside the restaurant.

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

9. With whom does Delores finally have a child?
(a) Mr. Sebastian.
(b) Michael.
(c) Dr. Weinstein.
(d) Dr. Dorin.

10. When did Emily first meet Willi Varig?
(a) In hgih school.
(b) Ten years after WWII.
(c) Twenty years before the birth of their child.
(d) Two years after they were married.

11. In Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta, where is the protagonist going when she first meets Lenny?
(a) To the movies.
(b) To work.
(c) To her AA meeting.
(d) To the grocery.

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

13. In Minor Heroism, where in the house does Bryan sit and draw his pictures?
(a) On the living room table.
(b) On the floor of his room.`
(c) At his father's desk.
(d) At the dining room table.

14. What happens to Quadberry in the VIetnam war?
(a) He is injured in a car crash.
(b) He is injured flying a combat jet.
(c) He is injured in a tank explosion.
(d) He is injured by a bomb.

15. What two children are left at the school house with the teacher during the blizzard?
(a) Jason and Alice Meyer.
(b) John and Annie Lendorff.
(c) Jacob and Annie Smithson.
(d) Johan and Alma Lindquist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Quadberry in Testimony of Pilot play?

2. How old is the new county school teacher in Wickedness?

3. What does Georgie hit when he is driving around with the narrator after their shifts?

4. What do Robert and the husband end up doing at the end of the television show?

5. What does Lenny in Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta give the protagonist before he leaves?

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