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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What curse is put on Yvette in "The Spell"?
(a) She is cursed to be half woman, half swan.
(b) She will be twelve years old forever.
(c) She is cursed to turn into a wolf at night.
(d) She can never bear children.

2. What news of Hacker does Gina reveal to Kleinman?
(a) That he is the killer.
(b) He fell in a hole.
(c) That he has been murdered.
(d) He has left town because he is afraid of the strangler.

3. What request does Job make of God toward the end of his story?
(a) That God take his job more seriously.
(b) He asks God for 100 days without rain.
(c) He asks God for a new house.
(d) That God will leave him alone forever.

4. What happens to the merchant's t-shirts when he adds the animal to them as God suggested?
(a) They look like costumes.
(b) They are hugely successful.
(c) They are bought only by women under the age of 36.
(d) No one buys them at all.

5. Which of the following does God do to test Job's faithfulness to him?
(a) He does not talk to Job for a year.
(b) Has Job arrested for tax fraud.
(c) Eats all Job's favorite ice cream.
(d) Smacks Mrs. Job in the head with a polo mallet.

6. What letter does Woody know his girlfriend by?
(a) W.
(b) V.
(c) T.
(d) B.

7. Why does Sigmund go to secretarial school?
(a) Because it was prophesied.
(b) To impress Justine.
(c) To learn shorthand.
(d) To earn his law degree.

8. Who is Hans Spiro?
(a) Kleinman's father-in-law.
(b) The town mayor.
(c) A famed clairvoyant.
(d) The chief of police.

9. Why does Abraham believe that the command to sacrifice his son has come from God?
(a) Because he saw God when he commanded it.
(b) Because the voice he heard was deep, resonant, and well-modulated, and therefore must be God's.
(c) Because he just does.
(d) Because God sent him a letter and signed it at the bottom.

10. Who does Woody's girlfriend run away with?
(a) A circus geek.
(b) A woman named June.
(c) The mayor.
(d) His brother.

11. During a sit down strike, what position should probably be avoided as it is not as effective?
(a) Lying down.
(b) Crouching.
(c) Sitting cross-legged.
(d) Eating.

12. What is it that the oppressors want to maintain?
(a) Their financial security.
(b) Their political powers.
(c) The status quo.
(d) Their rights.

13. What are the pests on a quest for in "The Predators"?
(a) A buttered roll.
(b) A new ant hill.
(c) Storing up nuts for the winter.
(d) Making a new web.

14. What form does Von Epps take before he abducts Yvette?
(a) The form of her bed.
(b) The form of a small child looking for help.
(c) The form of Sigmund.
(d) The form of yesterday's laundry.

15. Where does the title of this collection of stories come from?
(a) A quote by Emily Dickinson.
(b) Lyrics of a Beatles song.
(c) A thought in Woody's head.
(d) An old Charles Dickens novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kleinman doing when the group of men come to call him to their vigilante hunt?

2. Where does Sir Arthur Nurney end up after his teleportation while in the bath?

3. What type of writings is A Brief, Yet Helpful, Guide to Civil Disobedience parodying?

4. What does Berte do when she hears that Henrick has left for Oslo?

5. What is the front for Flossie's call girls service?

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