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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the priest read while he is sitting at his mother's death bed?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Einstein.

2. What happens to Cody as he turns to go home from his nap on the rocks?
(a) He trips over a tree root and nearly falls.
(b) He slips and slides toward the edge of the summit.
(c) He yells to G.R. and starts an avalanche.
(d) He slips and falls to the rocks below.

3. Five years after her husband dies, with what is the priest's mother suffering?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Senility.
(d) Parkinson's.

4. How does Sparky Smith die?
(a) He is hit by a car.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He falls off a cliff.
(d) He drowns.

5. What did Evie envy about Lydia?
(a) Her beauty and her husband.
(b) Her abilities and her husband.
(c) Her good looks and wealth.
(d) Her beauty and placid nature.

6. What does Cody's partner spell in the snow one morning?
(a) "Cody."
(b) "G.R."
(c) "SOS."
(d) "Help."

7. Where does the narrator of the story Home go on Saturdays?
(a) The public library in the next town.
(b) The movies.
(c) The grocery store.
(d) The Veterans of Foreign Wars rummage sales.

8. What does the priest say to his mother when he sees her?
(a) "Let us go inside for a hug and a kiss."
(b) "I will kiss you on the cheek but do not touch me."
(c) "It is too noisy out here to talk."
(d) "Do not kiss me in public, it is embarrassing."

9. Where do Gunther and the narrator meet in the morning?
(a) The Peter Pan Diner.
(b) The Wonderland Diner.
(c) The Shrek Diner.
(d) The Stubborn Spoon Diner.

10. In The Things They Carried, what does First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carry with him in Vietnam?
(a) Letters from his mother.
(b) Letters from his girlfriend Marie.
(c) Letters from his girlfriend Martha.
(d) Letters from his sister Marion.

11. What do the two men who come to visit Gunther leave with him as they go?
(a) Their Mercedes.
(b) A check for good-faith money for the movie.
(c) Twenty thousand dollars in cash.
(d) Their standard poodle George.

12. Where do the narrator of Dog Heaven and her family live?
(a) Fort Hood.
(b) Fort Bragg.
(c) Fort Denison.
(d) Fort Niagra.

13. Why does Mr. Muirhead say he always talks to young men?
(a) Becaue his wife will not let him talk to young women.
(b) Because he is bored talking to his family.
(c) Because he is fascinated with their career choices.
(d) Because he is interested in young men.

14. What did Aunt Granny Lith ask Casey to do?
(a) To marry her.
(b) To move her.
(c) To kill her.
(d) To love her.

15. Who is in the car with Arnold when he comes to Connie's house?
(a) Connie's friend Alice.
(b) HIs friend Ellie.
(c) Connie's sister June.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator of Rules of the Game receive at the annual church Christmas party?

2. In Daddy Garbage, who is Lemuel Strayhorn?

3. What does Daddy Garbage discover in an alley?

4. In Cody's Story, who is Cody's partner?

5. How are the characters in Trains traveling to Florida?

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