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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. Who does Georgie pick up hitchhiking on the side of the road?
(a) A young man AWOL from the army trying to get to Canada.
(b) A young woman escaping a horrible husband.
(c) A young man running from the police.
(d) A young woman who has been shot.

2. What advise does the speaker in Girl give about bread?
(a) Always buy warm bread.
(b) Always buy white bread.
(c) Always squeeze it so you know it is fresh.
(d) Always buy the largest loaf.

3. Who is telling the story of the first day?
(a) The narrator looking back on the first day of summer camp.
(b) The teacher taking in a new student to her classroom.
(c) The narrator looking back on the first day of kindergarten.
(d) The mother looking back on taking her child to school.

4. What instrument does Quadberry in Testimony of Pilot play?
(a) The violin.
(b) The drums.
(c) The saxophone.
(d) The clarinet.

5. Where does Hattie Benedict move after the blizzard?
(a) Seattle, Washington
(b) Raleigh, North Carolina.
(c) Sarasota, Florida.
(d) Oakland, California.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story Chopin in Winter, who is the first person in Mrs. Kubiac's family to graduate from high school and attend college?

2. In the story Rock Springs, what animal does Edna win in a bet?

3. In the story Testimony of Pilot, what does Radcleve do to Quadberry?

4. In The Fat Girl, what did Louise's mother start talking to her about when Louise was eight years old?

5. In Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta, where is the protagonist going when she first meets Lenny?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dzia-Dzia describe Chopin's death?

2. In The Fat Girl, what is the secret that follows Louise from high school to college?

3. In the story All the Way in Flagstaff, Arizona, what does Walter keep hidden in the wheel well of the spare tire in the car? Why?

4. In the story The First Day, where are the mother and child going at the opening of the story? Why is this an important day?

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

6. 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?

7. Who is Hattie Benedict in Wickedness, and how does she survive the blizzard?

8. Where does Magic find the white horse, in what condition is the horse, and who does he call for help?

9. In the story Wickedness, what happens in Nebraska on the twelfth of January, 1888? How does this affect the townspeople?

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

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