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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color is Arnold's car?
(a) Gold.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Silver.

3. In Rules of the Game, what magazine features an article about the narrator?
(a) Life Magazine.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Time Magazine.
(d) Seventeen Magazine.

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

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

6. What person do both the narrator and her mother of Home think about simultaneously?
(a) Richard.
(b) Simon.
(c) Robert.
(d) Jason.

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

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

9. Where does Strayhorn find his friend John?
(a) At work in the shoe store.
(b) At the cafeteria.
(c) At the Bucket of Chicken.
(d) At the Bucket of Blood.

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

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

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

13. What can the boys in Murderers see from their perch on the water tank?
(a) The New Jersey Turnpike.
(b) The Brooklyn Navy Yard.
(c) The Miracle Mile.
(d) MIchigan Avenue.

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

15. In the story Home, why does the narrator come home to live with her mother?
(a) Her mother is dying of Parkinson's disease.
(b) Her father asked her to come take care of her mother.
(c) Her sister called her and told her to go visit their mother.
(d) She ran out of money and was not in love with anyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator meet observing a chess game in the park one afternoon in Rules of the Game?

2. Where does the narrator of the story Home go on Saturdays?

3. In The Things They Carried, what does First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carry with him in Vietnam?

4. In the story Helping, what do both Elliot and Grace do for a living?

5. How old is Connie in Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

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