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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 Lemuel Strayhorn ask to help him with his and Daddy Garbage's discovery?
(a) John Smith.
(b) John French.
(c) John Mathers.
(d) John Fargone.

2. In Home, what record does the narrator buy for her mother to enjoy?
(a) Phantom of the Opera.
(b) The Sound of Music.
(c) The Beatles.
(d) Oklahoma.

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

4. In Home, why does Daniel not want the narrator to see his back?
(a) Because he believes it is bad luck.
(b) Because he is very hairy.
(c) Because of his deformity.
(d) Because of his wounds from Vietnam.

5. What do the two men who come to visit Gunther leave with him as they go?
(a) Twenty thousand dollars in cash.
(b) Their Mercedes.
(c) A check for good-faith money for the movie.
(d) Their standard poodle George.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Connie meet in the drive-in restaurant at night?

2. What does Cody's partner spell in the snow one morning?

3. Where does the narrator of the story Home go on Saturdays?

4. Who dies on the day of the narrator's story in Murderers?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does G.R. ask Cody after he hears Cody's story of his near accident off the mountain that day?

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

3. How does Connie's mother treat her?

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

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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