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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 tuberculosis.
(c) Of cancer.
(d) Of a brain tumor.

2. Why does Mr. Muirhead say he always talks to young men?
(a) Because he is fascinated with their career choices.
(b) Because he is bored talking to his family.
(c) Because he is interested in young men.
(d) Becaue his wife will not let him talk to young women.

3. In Departures, according to the young seminarian, for how long do Jesuits meditate each day?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Fifteen minutes.
(c) They do not meditate.
(d) An hour.

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

5. Where is Elliot's office?
(a) In the university science building.
(b) In the state hospital.
(c) In a medical plaza.
(d) In the courthouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Arnold's car?

2. Where do Sparky Smith and the narrator attend school?

3. Who is Blankenship?

4. How old is Connie's sister?

5. In the story Helping, who is Vopotik?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Vopotik in the story Helping?

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

3. 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?

4. Why does Daniel not want the narrator of Home to see his back?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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