View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is written on the New Year's Eve cake?
(a) Happy New Year - One Day at a Time.
(b) Health and Happiness.
(c) Auld Lang Syne.
(d) Happy Holidays.

2. Which of the following is J.P.'s wife NOT wearing when she visits?
(a) Knit cap.
(b) Scarf.
(c) Coat.
(d) Sweater.

3. Where does J.P. tell his stories to the narrator?
(a) On a walk.
(b) In the dining room.
(c) On the back porch.
(d) On the front porch.

4. What three things does J.P. mention hearing from the bottom of the well?
(a) Birds' wings, a car horn, and a dog barking.
(b) The wind, a car horn, and birds singing.
(c) Birds' wings, insects rustling, and the wind.
(d) Birds' wings, a dog barking, and a train whistle.

5. What kind of head covering does the landlord wear?
(a) Bandana.
(b) Hood.
(c) Baseball cap.
(d) Skull cap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object is used to rescue J.P. from the well?

2. How does J.P.'s wife give him her phone number when he asks her out the first time?

3. What part of J.P.'s body does he say his wife could "set atremble"?

4. When the narrator and his girlfriend arrive at the facility, what does the girlfriend do?

5. What does the narrator ask J.P.'s wife to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the image of cold weather used in the story?

2. What is the significance of the story of "the guy who travels"?

3. In the section about the landlord, what does the narrator's nakedness represent?

4. What is the significance of New Year's Eve in the story?

5. Give an example of sarcasm in the story.

6. Why did the author choose the title "Where I'm Calling From"?

7. What is the significance of the way Roxy is dressed on New Year's Day?

8. Why does the author keep mentioning the coal bucket?

9. Why does the narrator use the term "drunk" instead of "alcoholic"?

10. Give an example of hopelessness in the story.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 850 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample