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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. What is each wave in "Toy Boat" like?
(a) A cycle.
(b) A windchime.
(c) A washing machine.
(d) A green lamp.

2. In "Not Even," what does the speaker "throw himself" into?
(a) Pain.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Helplessness.
(d) His job.

3. In "Reasons for Staying," how does the speaker describe the suicide of his uncle?
(a) As a result of drug addiction.
(b) As banal.
(c) As a result of isolation.
(d) As dying on purpose.

4. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what purchase does the worker make that seems to be in anticipation of her death?
(a) A photo album.
(b) A suitcase.
(c) A diary.
(d) An urn.

5. In "Künstlerroman," what is the street the speaker's car crashed on?
(a) Risley Road.
(b) Main Road.
(c) Firefly Road.
(d) Helsom Road.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "No One Knows the Way to Heaven," what happens when two men walk holding hands into a bar?

2. In "Künstlerroman," who does the man in the movie end up being?

3. Who were the victims of the poorly-documented lynchings in "The Punctum"?

4. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what sweet snack does the worker buy?

5. In "Künstlerroman," what birthday does the speaker revisit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the speaker do with Peter in "Nothing"?

2. What does the speaker do with the movie in "Künstlerroman"?

3. In "Nothing," what story about Peter's grandmother does the speaker recount?

4. What does the speaker eventually realize about himself and the man in the movie in "Künstlerroman"?

5. Where does the main in the movie keep returning to in "Künstlerroman"?

6. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what does the reader learn about the speaker's mother?

7. In "Not Even," what does a young woman tell the speaker that the speaker finds offensive?

8. What particular item in "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker" is ominous and morbid?

9. In "The Punctum," what does the tour guide say that historians have done?

10. Where does the speaker see himself in "Tell Me Something Good"?

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