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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Sparky Smith and the narrator attend school?
(a) Lewis and Clark Central School.
(b) Lewiston-Porter Central School.
(c) Lewiston-Porter Junior High School.
(d) Lewis and Clark Expedition Junior HIgh.

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

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

4. What do Margaret's family members learn about Dr. Sakuma?
(a) He was her grandfather, a white man.
(b) He was the teacher who inspired her to learn.
(c) He was the man who named her Many Wounds.
(d) He was the father of her children.

5. How does Sparky Smith die?
(a) He falls off a cliff.
(b) He drowns.
(c) He is hit by a car.
(d) He is shot.

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

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

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. Five years after her husband dies, with what is the priest's mother suffering?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Senility.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Parkinson's.

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

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

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

13. Who is Danica writing a postcard to about which that Jane criticizes her?
(a) Jim the next door neighbor.
(b) Jim her dog.
(c) Jim the mailman.
(d) Jim her boyfriend.

14. At dinner, how does Jane introduce herself and Danica to the couple at their table?
(a) As Crystal and Clara, twin sisters.
(b) As Carrin and Clara, twin gymnasts.
(c) As Cathy and Carra, acrobats.
(d) As Jane and Danica, musical talents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Murderers, what music could the boys hear from their vantage point?

2. What person do both the narrator and her mother of Home think about simultaneously?

3. In Dog Heaven, who is Duke?

4. What question does G.R. ask Cody after hearing the story of what happened to Cody after his nap on the rocks?

5. Where does the narrator of Lawns work?

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