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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "You Guys," what does the speaker say it is hard to tell from breathing?
(a) Intent.
(b) Gender.
(c) Love.
(d) Longevity.

2. In "American Legend," what is the speaker taking his dog for?
(a) To be groomed.
(b) To go on a road trip.
(c) To be put to sleep.
(d) To have puppies.

3. In "Dear Sara," what does the speaker compare his own hands to?
(a) Bones.
(b) Monsters.
(c) Friends.
(d) Eyelashes.

4. In "You Guys," what does the speaker and his friend celebrate?
(a) His birthday.
(b) His wedding.
(c) His friend's birthday.
(d) What would have been his friend's mother's 56th birthday.

5. In "The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica," what does the speaker say he will do when the flood comes?
(a) Raise his hand so they will know who to shoot.
(b) Be reborn.
(c) Celebrate.
(d) Die.

6. What do the houses do one by one in "Snow Theory"?
(a) Lose their heating.
(b) Turn off their lights.
(c) Burn.
(d) Light their trees.

7. In "The Last Dinosaurs," what do the dinosaur's eyes have?
(a) One image of his mother.
(b) A broken blood vessel.
(c) Stars.
(d) One image of his father.

8. In "Rise and Shine," what does the speaker compare his mother's face to?
(a) A flame.
(b) A gem.
(c) A star.
(d) A thumbprint left over from whose god?

9. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker wear?
(a) A wedding dress on backwards.
(b) A backwards hat.
(c) A ring.
(d) A bracelet.

10. What was no one at the bridge, according to the speaker, in "Skinny Dipping"?
(a) Young.
(b) Fun.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Ugly.

11. In "Snow Theory," what does the speaker say we will always have?
(a) Something we lost.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Something we found.
(d) Hope.

12. In "Dear Sara," what are none of us children long enough to do?
(a) Leave childhood.
(b) Cook for ourselves.
(c) Love it.
(d) Enter maturity.

13. In "The Bull," how does the night appear around the bull?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) Purple.
(d) Yellow.

14. In "Beautiful Short Loser," why does the speaker say magic is real?
(a) We all eat.
(b) We all play cards.
(c) We all disappear.
(d) We all fight.

15. In "Dear T," why is T smiling as he and the speakers are boys?
(a) They have a lot of years to live.
(b) They just might get out of the world alive.
(c) The stars are just stars.
(d) They will die soon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "American Legend," what kind of car is the driver driving?

2. In "Dear Peter," where does the speaker think it is safe?

3. In "Snow Theory," what does the speaker think of when he dog-ears the book?

4. In "Beautiful Short Loser, what does the speaker tell the police officer who pulls him over he does not believe in?

5. In "Beautiful Short Loser," what does the speaker think he is on?

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