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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. In Dog Heaven, what is "Fact Monday"?
(a) The day on which students were tested on math facts.
(b) The day on which the teacher taught on a specific topic.
(c) The day on which students were tested on spelling words.
(d) The day on which the teacher showed a movie about state history.

2. What does Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and his men do after Lavender is taken away by the chopper?
(a) They evacuate women and children from Than Khe.
(b) They burns down Than Khe.
(c) They leave Lavender's belongings in Than Khe.
(d) They recruit the men from Than Khe.

3. What does Cody's partner spell in the snow one morning?
(a) "Help."
(b) "Cody."
(c) "G.R."
(d) "SOS."

4. Who does the narrator meet observing a chess game in the park one afternoon in Rules of the Game?
(a) Sin Lee.
(b) John Trumble.
(c) Max Reinhardt.
(d) Lau Po.

5. What does the priest read while he is sitting at his mother's death bed?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Wordsworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lie does Blankenship tell everyone?

2. What is Acid Rain?

3. What color is Arnold's car?

4. How old is the priest in Departures when he goes by train to his family's home after six years away?

5. What does the narrator of the story Home do for a living while she is living with her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the boys in Murderers get caught on their misadventure, and what happens to them?

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. In the short story Aunt Granny Lith, who is Aunt Granny Lith?

7. In the story Helping, who are Elliot and Grace and what do they do for a living? How are their jobs similar and how are they different?

8. In the story Murderers, who do the young boys want to see when they climb up onto the water tower, and why?

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

10. In the story Home, what does the narrator's mother say to her to convince the narrator to move in with her for awhile? What help does she offer her daughter in the move?

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