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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who becomes deaf playing drums in a band in the story Testimony of Pilot?
(a) The narrator's younger brother.
(b) The narrator of the story.
(c) Lillian's brother.
(d) Radcleve.

2. Who is Dzia-Dzia?
(a) Michael's mother.
(b) Michael's grandfather.
(c) Michael's sister.
(d) Michael's uncle.

3. What does the couple decide to do after their first night together on their romantic weekend?
(a) Go to a museum.
(b) Return home.
(c) Read the Sunday paper.
(d) Take a long walk.

4. Where do Irene and the children move when they leave Flagstaff?
(a) Nashville, Tennessee.
(b) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(c) Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) Miami, Florida.

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

6. When does the story The First Day take place?
(a) In September at the start of the school year.
(b) In mid-winter at the start of the new school term.
(c) In January at the start of the new year.
(d) In early summer at the start of summer camp.

7. What advise does the speaker in Girl give about bread?
(a) Always buy white bread.
(b) Always buy the largest loaf.
(c) Always squeeze it so you know it is fresh.
(d) Always buy warm bread.

8. In the story The Girl, why does the speaker suggest growing okra far away from the house?
(a) Okra has deep roots.
(b) Okra trees harbor red ants.
(c) Okra attracts deer.
(d) Okra smells bad.

9. What does Ad Magic give to the young boy with the performing monkey?
(a) HIs sweater.
(b) His hat.
(c) All of his change.
(d) Twenty dollars.

10. 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 sound of the traffic on the street.
(c) The Kubiacs fighting.
(d) His parents singing.

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

12. What do Michael and Delores first find they have in common?
(a) They both were married twice before.
(b) They both loved Italian food.
(c) They both own guns.
(d) They both have cats.

13. What does Ad Magic have in his mouth when the bus crashes?
(a) Gum.
(b) A cigar.
(c) A horsehound lozenge.
(d) A lollypop.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual injury befalls Terrence Weber in Emergency?

2. How does the protagonist in Tall Tales from the Mekong Deltareact when Lenny shows up at her house unannounced?

3. In the story White Horse, who arrives in the light green Mercedes to help the horse?

4. When did Emily first meet Willi Varig?

5. What is Walter's problem?

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