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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 happens when Grace is in the hospital?
(a) George inherits money.
(b) Anne visits daily.
(c) Anne fixes up her house.
(d) George puts his house up for sale.

2. Who is the narrator in "Who Am I This Time?"
(a) A producer.
(b) A director.
(c) An actor.
(d) An unknown person.

3. What surprises the narrator and Anne about Grace's house?
(a) It is filled with expensive furniture.
(b) It is very small.
(c) It is all brown.
(d) It is in poor shape.

4. Who is the narrator of "Where I Live?"
(a) A young, female resident of Barnstown.
(b) A third person narrator.
(c) The salesman conscience.
(d) The salesman.

5. What year did Thomas Edison live in the stranger's neighborhood?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1679.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1779.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the stranger say the last time he worked was?

2. Why does Mrs. Hagar come running to her house in "Next Door?"

3. What does Harold tell the stranger in "Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog?"

4. What did fishermen in Barnstable discover?

5. In "More Stately Mansions," what does Grace talk to her new neighbors about when she first meets them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the amphibians think their way of life is better in "Unready to Wear?"

2. How does Grace react to her home when she returns from the hospital in "More Stately Mansions?"

3. What are the rules of the chess game in "All the King's Horses?"

4. What makes David first question the climate and culture of the Works?

5. What happens the first time the narrator visits Gloria's house in "Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son?"

6. How does Gramps end up happy at the end of "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow?"

7. What does Susanna tell Fuller when he comes to her apartment in "Miss Temptation?"

8. What were the government solutions to overpopulation in "Welcome to the Monkey House?"

9. What do Ivankov and Ashland say to each other, and what do they not talk about?

10. What does Harrison Bergeron do when he is on television?

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