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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Murderers, who runs the camp to which the narrator goes in New Jersey?
(a) Camp counselors.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Marsha Bernstein's father.
(d) WWII veterans.

2. How old is the priest in Departures when he goes by train to his family's home after six years away?
(a) Twenty one.
(b) Fifty five.
(c) Twenty five.
(d) Thirty.

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

4. Who dies on the day of the narrator's story in Murderers?
(a) Marsha Bernstein.
(b) Arnold Bloom.
(c) Harold Cohen.
(d) Melvin Bloom.

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

6. Why is Grace angry with Elliot throughout the story?
(a) Elliot is having an affair.
(b) Elliot is stealing drugs.
(c) Elliot is drinking again.
(d) Elliot has invited his uncle to live with them.

7. In the story Dog Heaven, what game does the narrator play with Sparky Smith?
(a) Knockout.
(b) Football.
(c) Kickball.
(d) Knockdown.

8. In Aunt Granny Lith, what does Nomey give Beth to wear?
(a) A new dress.
(b) A gold necklace.
(c) A piece of moley root.
(d) A chain or garlic.

9. In the story Murderers, what does Melvin Bloom tell the boys on the corner one summer afternoon?
(a) There is a craps game in the alley.
(b) Marsha Bernstein is walking toward them.
(c) The rabbi is home with his wife.
(d) The donut shop is giving away donuts.

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

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

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

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

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

15. How are the characters in Trains traveling to Florida?
(a) By boat.
(b) By car.
(c) By train.
(d) By bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Jane's parents drinking on the train?

2. In the story Home, why does the narrator come home to live with her mother?

3. Where does Margaret explain her grandmother's wedding dress is?

4. Where does Beth tell Casey he has to go by himself the evening of the full moon?

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

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