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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. In “Watershed,” In italics, the speaker who is floating over the city can move and do what?
(a) See clearly.
(b) Think quickly.
(c) Sail smoothly.
(d) Fly quickly.

2. In “Watershed,” who is taking this case and filed a lawsuit?
(a) D.
(b) M.
(c) J.
(d) R.

3. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” an actor describes how they were given paper to draw what?
(a) The atrocities they experienced.
(b) Pictures of their families.
(c) Their favorite animal.
(d) A map to their favorite place.

4. In "In Your Condition," the speaker hikes up a hill to take photos, much like she did the year before, but only does it for what reason?
(a) To keep up appearances.
(b) To keep busy.
(c) To prove she could do it.
(d) To be polite.

5. In "Annunciation," the speaker wants to experience what is real – “the cold, the pitiless, the bleak,” nature, or her son, who is forever turned where?
(a) Inward to the voices in his head.
(b) Inward to some music only he has ever heard.
(c) Inward to his own story.
(d) Inward to his own thoughts and ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Eternity, Nanluoguxiang Alley" the speaker says that seeing these familiar faces of others makes the speaker believe what?

2. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” the women crouch down around the man and tell him what?

3. In “Eternity, Lama Temple,” the speaker watches others do what?

4. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” In the back of the house, one person begins to do what?

5. In “Unrest in Baton Rouge,” the narrator describes how people watch and are saddened by violent actions but then do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two things to which history is compared in "New Road Station"?

2. What takes place in “Urban Youth”?

3. What does the speaker look for in "Eternity: Nanluoguxiang Alley"? What does she find?

4. How does Dupont end up acquiring J's land in "Watershed"?

5. What does the audience begin to sense in "Theatrical Improvisation"?

6. In "Eternity: Lama Temple," what does the speaker notice around him or her?

7. How does the speaker in "Watershed" feel, as he has the sense of being pulled up?

8. What are two things the speaker imagines in “Refuge”?

9. What do the women say to the man, as they crouch down around him in "Theatrical Improvisation"?

10. What malformations are described in "Watershed"?

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