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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator of Rules of the Game receive at the annual church Christmas party?
(a) A box of Life Savers.
(b) A chess set.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A doll.

2. In the story Lawns, how does the narrator identify herself in the first sentence of the story?
(a) She kills.
(b) She lies.
(c) She blackmails.
(d) She steals.

3. In the story Home, why does the narrator come home to live with her mother?
(a) Her mother is dying of Parkinson's disease.
(b) Her sister called her and told her to go visit their mother.
(c) She ran out of money and was not in love with anyone.
(d) Her father asked her to come take care of her mother.

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

5. In his dream, what does the priest see the soldier do?
(a) Walk away holding the dice.
(b) Die before he can throw the dice.
(c) Take his turn and win the game.
(d) Take his turn and hand the dice to him.

6. In Daddy Garbage, who is Lemuel Strayhorn?
(a) A shoe salesman.
(b) A policeman.
(c) An ice cream peddler.
(d) A snowball cart owner.

7. For the most part, what is one thing the narrator say determines what the soldiers carried with them?
(a) Medical requirements.
(b) Orders.
(c) Necessity.
(d) Nutrition.

8. Who does Connie meet in the drive-in restaurant at night?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Roger.
(d) Danny.

9. How does Charles Bad Holy MacLeod die?
(a) Of a brain tumor.
(b) Of pneumonia.
(c) Of tuberculosis.
(d) Of cancer.

10. What gender does Beth believe her baby to be?
(a) A boy.
(b) Both: she think she has twins.
(c) A girl.
(d) She does not know.

11. What is Acid Rain?
(a) A rock band who rents one of Gunther's houses.
(b) An actress who rents one of Gunther's houses.
(c) A environmental awareness club.
(d) A group of college students who rent Gunther's apartment.

12. In Dog Heaven, who is Duke?
(a) The dog.
(b) The principal.
(c) The mascot.
(d) The janitor.

13. Who is Daddy Garbage?
(a) A dog.
(b) A horse.
(c) The main character of the story.
(d) An old man.

14. What does Daddy Garbage discover in an alley?
(a) A wounded child.
(b) A dead baby.
(c) A puppy.
(d) A bag of money.

15. Who is Buck in Cody's Story?
(a) Cody's dog.
(b) G.R.'s horse.
(c) G.R.'s tractor trailor.
(d) Timble's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Danica writing a postcard to about which that Jane criticizes her?

2. Where do the narrator of Dog Heaven and her family live?

3. In the story Helping, who is Vopotik?

4. Who is Blankenship?

5. What do Connie and Arnold find they are both listening to on the radio at the same time?

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