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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 do most of the PFC and Spec4s carry with them?
(a) An M-60 rifle.
(b) An M-79 gas-operated assault rifle.
(c) An M-16 gas-operated assault rifle.
(d) An M-79 gas-operated rifle.

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

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 chess set.
(c) A doll.
(d) A Bible.

4. What do Connie and Arnold find they are both listening to on the radio at the same time?
(a) Elvis.
(b) Rolling Stones.
(c) Bobby King.
(d) Bob Dylan.

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

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 is the story Murderers set?

3. In the story Dog Heaven, what game does the narrator play with Sparky Smith?

4. In Home, what record does the narrator buy for her mother to enjoy?

5. In Lawns, how does the narrator describe her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Rules of the Game, what is Meimei's mother's "chang"?

2. What questions does Danica ask Jane's father near the end of the train trip, and how does he respond?

3. What secret does the narrator of Lawns finally reveal to her boyfriend and her mother? How do they react?

4. Where is the priest going at the end of Departures, and where has he been? How is he traveling?

5. In Moonwalk, who is Margaret Many Wounds and what is happening to her as the story opens? Who is taking care of her?

6. In Men Under Water, who is the narrator's wife, and how does she feel about him working for Gunther? What does the narrator do for a living?

7. Before she dies, what story does Margaret tell Evie and Lydia that change their lives?

8. In the short story Train, who are the two little girls on the train, how old are they, and where are they going?

9. Who is the narrator of Lawns, and what is her crime?

10. Who does Strayhorn immediately find to help him figure out what to do with the dead baby and why?

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