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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the story Moonwalk, who is Margaret Many Wounds?
(a) A Native American woman who runs a counseling center.
(b) A Native American woman whose son wants to walk on the moon.
(c) A Native American woman who is dying.
(d) A Native American woman who believes she lives on the moon.

4. In the story Rules of Invisible Strength, what is invisible strength?
(a) Religious instruction.
(b) A strategy for winning arguments and respect from others.
(c) Muscle toning and strength.
(d) A superhero's powers.

5. Who are Evie and Lydia?
(a) Margaret's best friends.
(b) Margaret's sisters.
(c) Margaret's granddaughters.
(d) Margaret's daughters.

6. 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) "How did you get up there by yourself?"
(c) "Were you as frightened as you thought you would be?"
(d) "Is it true that your whole life passes before your eyes?"

7. In The Things They Carried, how does Ted Lavendar die?
(a) He is shot in the back.
(b) He has a heart attack from fear.
(c) He is hit by a grenade.
(d) He is shot in the head.

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

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

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

11. Who is Blankenship?
(a) A fellow scientist at the university.
(b) A petty thief who seeks Elliot's help.
(c) A psychiartist.
(d) A law partner.

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

13. Who gives birth at the end of Daddy Garbage?
(a) Lizabeth.
(b) Liza.
(c) Sandra.
(d) Abigail.

14. What does the narrator of Men Under Water do for a living?
(a) He is an actor.
(b) He is a handyman and general helper.
(c) He is an experienced playwriter.
(d) He is poet.

15. In Lawns, how does the narrator describe her mother?
(a) "Ms. America."
(b) "Ms. Everything-will-be-alright."
(c) "Ms. I-know-everything-and-you-don't."
(d) "Ms. I'm-going-to-be-perfect."

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Cody as he turns to go home from his nap on the rocks?

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

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

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

5. In Murderers, who runs the camp to which the narrator goes in New Jersey?

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