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. During what activity does the protagonist of "The Other Side of Death" particularly envision his brother?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Laying bricks.
(d) Shaving.

2. What is the Mayor's health problem in "One of These Days"?
(a) TMJ.
(b) An abscessed tooth.
(c) A chipped tooth.
(d) Lockjaw.

3. What had previously deterred Eva's appetite for oranges?
(a) Illness.
(b) The "boy."
(c) A blight.
(d) Penicillin.

4. What is described in "The Other Side of Death" as having "blue octopuses"?
(a) The sea.
(b) Rottenness.
(c) Illness.
(d) Winter.

5. What thing did the woman in "Bitterness" see inside the mirror?
(a) A watch.
(b) A cricket.
(c) Her twin.
(d) A spider.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the protagonist of "Dialogue" take for his morning routine?

2. In "Monologue," what comes to the garden on Tuesday morning?

3. In "The Third Resignation," what object is in the protagonist's coffin?

4. In "Night," what did the woman say caused the man's blindness?

5. In the end of "The Third Resignation," what does the protagonist die of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the woman's appearance when she came to the narrator's house in "Someone."

2. Describe the noise the protagonist of "The Third Resignation" hears.

3. Describe the villagers' initial reaction to the rain in "Monologue of Isabel."

4. Summarize what happens while the woman is talking to the priest in "Tuesday Siesta."

5. Describe the setting of "The Woman who Came at Six O'Clock."

6. Describe the Mayor's reaction to the dental work.

7. Why does the woman in "The Woman who Came at Six O'Clock" so emphasize the time?

8. Describe the "boy" in "Eva."

9. How do the sleepwalkers try to calm the woman?

10. In "Bitterness for Three Sleepwalkers," why do the sleepwalkers realize the woman had been a child once?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 708 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample