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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the story Murderers set?
(a) In Newark.
(b) In Chicago.
(c) In New York.
(d) In Miami.

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

3. Where does Margaret explain her grandmother's wedding dress is?
(a) The Metropolitan Museum in New York.
(b) The Walker Art Museum in Minneapolis.
(c) The Field Museum in Chicago.
(d) The St. Louis Art Museum.

4. Who does the narrator of Lawns fall in love with the second time she sees him?
(a) Glenn.
(b) Lauren.
(c) Thom.
(d) Danny.

5. Why do Gunther and the narrator show up at Otis and Luke's' house?
(a) To repair the washing machine.
(b) To repair the broken stove.
(c) To repair the broken windows.
(d) To repair the three broken toilets.

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

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

8. Where does Beth tell Casey he has to go by himself the evening of the full moon?
(a) To the doctor to get a check up.
(b) To town to get a crib.
(c) To Flatgap and into the log.
(d) To Flatgap to make a bonfire.

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

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

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

12. Who does Lemuel Strayhorn ask to help him with his and Daddy Garbage's discovery?
(a) John Smith.
(b) John Mathers.
(c) John Fargone.
(d) John French.

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

14. Where do the narrator of Rules of the Game and her family live?
(a) In China.
(b) In San Francisco's Chinatown.
(c) In Chicago's Chinatown.
(d) In New York's Chinatown.

15. In Cody's Story, who is Cody's partner?
(a) G.R. Tailer.
(b) G.R. Treshman.
(c) G.R. Trimble
(d) G.R. Thompson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Muirhead say he always talks to young men?

2. Who is Daddy Garbage?

3. What do Gunther and the narrator do in the back yard when the men have left?

4. What do the two men who come to visit Gunther leave with him as they go?

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

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