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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 Connie meet in the drive-in restaurant at night?
(a) Roger.
(b) Danny.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Tommy.

2. Where does Margaret explain her grandmother's wedding dress is?
(a) The St. Louis Art Museum.
(b) The Walker Art Museum in Minneapolis.
(c) The Metropolitan Museum in New York.
(d) The Field Museum in Chicago.

3. Where do the narrator of Dog Heaven and her family live?
(a) Fort Bragg.
(b) Fort Hood.
(c) Fort Denison.
(d) Fort Niagra.

4. In the story Helping, what do both Elliot and Grace do for a living?
(a) One is an artist, the other a scientists.
(b) They are both psychiatrists.
(c) One is a social worker, the other is a lawyer.
(d) They are both lawyers.

5. In Lawns, what room has the narrator reserved at the hotel?
(a) The Washington Room.
(b) The Bridal Suite.
(c) The Annex Room.
(d) The Penthouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do most of the PFC and Spec4s carry with them?

2. What gender does Beth believe her baby to be?

3. In Murderers, who runs the camp to which the narrator goes in New Jersey?

4. How old is Connie in Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

5. Who does Lemuel Strayhorn ask to help him with his and Daddy Garbage's discovery?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, who is Arnold French, and how does he strike up a conversation with Connie?

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

4. What are some of the superstitious things the soldiers carry with them, and what is the most unusual of them?

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

6. How does Casey know Aunt Granny Lith, and what does he do when he sees her again?

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

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

9. 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?

10. In the story Dog Heaven, who is Sparky Smith and what game does he and the narrator play together?

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