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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What instructions does the speaker give in The Girl about eating?
(a) Eat so that no one around you is disgusted.
(b) Eat alone so as to have some quiet time.
(c) Eat so that you get the most food.
(d) Eat quickly so as to resume your duties.

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

5. What does Bryan tell his father to do with the picture he has drawn?
(a) He tells his father to give it back to him.
(b) He tells his father to put it up on the wall.
(c) He tells his father to keep it.
(d) He tells his father to throw it away.

6. What color was the vintage Thunderbird?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Gold.

7. In White Horse, who does the white horse belong to?
(a) He wandered into town without an owner.
(b) He belongs to the restaurant owner.
(c) He is a retired circus horse.
(d) He belongs to the bus driver.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Who is telling the story of the first day?
(a) The narrator looking back on the first day of summer camp.
(b) The mother looking back on taking her child to school.
(c) The teacher taking in a new student to her classroom.
(d) The narrator looking back on the first day of kindergarten.

15. In River of Names, what does the narrator's lover accuse her of?
(a) Being unfaithful.
(b) A fascination with violence.
(c) A poor attitude toward marriage.
(d) An interest in other families.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What show does Robert and his hosts end up watching on television?

3. What does the older son in Minor Heroism do for a living?

4. Whose music does Dzia-Dzia hear while he sits at the other end of the kitchen table from Michael?

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

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