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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of epilepsy does Ad Magic have?
(a) Grand mal epilepsy.
(b) Congenital epilepsy.
(c) Temporal-lobe epilepsy.
(d) Mild epilepsy.

2. What does the father in the story Minor Heroism do for a living?
(a) He is an attorney.
(b) He is a used car dealer.
(c) He is an insurance salesman.
(d) He is a desk sergeant.

3. What does the older son in Minor Heroism do for a living?
(a) He is a writer.
(b) He is a school teacher.
(c) He is an attorney.
(d) He is a college professor.

4. What does Bryan tell his father to do with the picture he has drawn?
(a) He tells his father to throw it away.
(b) He tells his father to give it back to him.
(c) He tells his father to keep it.
(d) He tells his father to put it up on the wall.

5. In the story White Horse, who arrives in the light green Mercedes to help the horse?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A vet.
(c) No one.
(d) A businessman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advise does the speaker in Girl give about bread?

2. Who are Louise's two girl friends in high school?

3. What does Ad Magic give to the young boy with the performing monkey?

4. As A Vintage Thunderbird opens, who are the people driving from Virginia to New York?

5. Where do Irene and the children move when they leave Flagstaff?

Short Essay Questions

1. In A Romantic Weekend, how long do Beth and her companion stay in Washington,D.C. and how do they return home? Why did they actually make the trip?

2. Who is speaking in Girl, and to who is she directing her instructions?

3. What are some of the things the speaker in Girl encourages the young girl to learn how to do in the home?

4. How does the woman in The Darling meet Lenny?

5. In the story A Romantic Weekend, where are Beth and her companion going for their romantic weekend, and how does the narrator describe the apartment?

6. Who is Petra in Ann Beattie's story "A Vintage Thunderbird"?

7. Who are the main characters in River of Names, and how are they different from each other?

8. Why does Delores kill her husband Michael in Scott Bradfield's story "The Darling"?

9. In the story Cathedral, who is Robert and how does he enter the story?

10. What story does Edna tell the narrator of Rock Springs about her pet, a monkey?

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