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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 is Otto's dog's name?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Snowy.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Sparky.

2. What is Rowan's girlfriend's name?
(a) Liz.
(b) Livia.
(c) Hettie.
(d) Jennifer.

3. What does Bobby say to the narrator at the end of the story Marion?
(a) That she will find a good person to live with some day.
(b) That she is a fortune teller.
(c) That she is a sweet girl, and better than all of them.
(d) That she will never amount to anything.

4. How are Otto and Heddy related in the story Arcadia?
(a) They are not related.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are father and daughter.
(d) They are siblings.

5. What does Grady say to the narrator to try to comfort the narrator when she gets kicked out of Marion's house?
(a) That she can never come back to the farm.
(b) Not to worry and that it will be fine in a few days.
(c) That she should try to move to another school.
(d) That she should never kiss another girl again because it is wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Richard and his girlfriend stay together?

2. How old is Marion?

3. What does Kayla get for the child she was employed to take care of for the child's eighth birthday?

4. What does Marion ask the narrator to do for her that ends up getting the narrator kicked off the farm?

5. What does Richard say when he leaves a message on Ana's voicemail?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Kayla staying with Mary and Dennis in the story The Nanny?

2. How does Kayla successfully escape from the party Mary and Dennis bring her to?

3. What is one way Richard deals with the stress of having to intercede with Rowan's serious problem?

4. How does Ana change her interactions with Richard based on his mood?

5. What is the impression of the headmaster of Rowan's school of both the parents of the injured boy and of Richard?

6. How does Peter feel upon seeing Steph cavorting with Otto and another woman in the story Arcadia?

7. How do the migrant farm workers seem to feel about Otto, from what Peter can tell?

8. In the story Marion, why does the narrator essentially live with Marion?

9. How does Richard ruin Ana's weekend in the story Northeast Regional?

10. What does Richard's ex-wife Pam tell him when she calls late at night in the story Northeast Regional?

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