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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 chess set.
(b) A doll.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A box of Life Savers.

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

3. What do most of the PFC and Spec4s carry with them?
(a) An M-79 gas-operated assault rifle.
(b) An M-60 rifle.
(c) An M-16 gas-operated assault rifle.
(d) An M-79 gas-operated rifle.

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

5. Who does the narrator meet observing a chess game in the park one afternoon in Rules of the Game?
(a) John Trumble.
(b) Sin Lee.
(c) Max Reinhardt.
(d) Lau Po.

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

7. What question does G.R. ask Cody after hearing the story of what happened to Cody after his nap on the rocks?
(a) "What were you doing up there with all the ice?"
(b) "Were you as frightened as you thought you would be?"
(c) "How did you get up there by yourself?"
(d) "Is it true that your whole life passes before your eyes?"

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

9. In Departures, according to the young seminarian, for how long do Jesuits meditate each day?
(a) They do not meditate.
(b) An hour.
(c) Fifteen minutes.
(d) Two hours.

10. What do Connie and Arnold find they are both listening to on the radio at the same time?
(a) Bobby King.
(b) Rolling Stones.
(c) Bob Dylan.
(d) Elvis.

11. What does the narrator of the story Home do for a living while she is living with her mother?
(a) She is a school counselor.
(b) She is a tutor for remedial reading students.
(c) She is a math tutor.
(d) She is a second grade teacher.

12. In the story Helping, what do both Elliot and Grace do for a living?
(a) They are both psychiatrists.
(b) They are both lawyers.
(c) One is a social worker, the other is a lawyer.
(d) One is an artist, the other a scientists.

13. In Rules of the Game, who in the narrator's family received a chess set at the annual church Christmas party?
(a) Her sister June.
(b) Her father Anton.
(c) Her aunt Jade.
(d) Her brother Vincent.

14. In Dog Heaven, what is "Fact Monday"?
(a) The day on which students were tested on spelling words.
(b) The day on which the teacher taught on a specific topic.
(c) The day on which students were tested on math facts.
(d) The day on which the teacher showed a movie about state history.

15. How old is Connie's sister?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Twenty nine,
(c) Twenty four.
(d) Twenty seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Daddy Garbage, who is Lemuel Strayhorn?

2. For the most part, what is one thing the narrator say determines what the soldiers carried with them?

3. Why is Grace angry with Elliot throughout the story?

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

5. What does the narrator of Men Under Water do for a living?

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