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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. How does Charles Bad Holy MacLeod die?
(a) Of pneumonia.
(b) Of cancer.
(c) Of tuberculosis.
(d) Of a brain tumor.

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

3. In the story Lawns, how does the narrator identify herself in the first sentence of the story?
(a) She blackmails.
(b) She steals.
(c) She lies.
(d) She kills.

4. Where do Gunther and the narrator meet in the morning?
(a) The Stubborn Spoon Diner.
(b) The Shrek Diner.
(c) The Wonderland Diner.
(d) The Peter Pan Diner.

5. How are the characters in Trains traveling to Florida?
(a) By train.
(b) By boat.
(c) By bus.
(d) By car.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the story Moonwalk, who is Margaret Many Wounds?

3. In Dog Heaven, what is "Fact Monday"?

4. Who is Blankenship?

5. In Cody's Story, who is Cody's partner?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the story Rules of the Game, who is Lau Fo?

2. What inspiration does Gunther in Men Under Water get about his next screenplay after visiting Acid Rain? Who does he find waiting for him at his home when he and the narrator pull up to his house?

3. In Cody's Story, who are Cody and G.R.? What do they do for a living and where?

4. 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?

5. Who is Vopotik in the story Helping?

6. What news does the narrator receive about Sparky Smith shortly after her move from Fort Niagara?

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

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

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

10. Where are the soldiers stationed in The Things They Carried, and who are the main characters?

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