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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. Who is Nick driving with in "Fathers and Sons"?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His friend.
(d) His son.

2. How is the narrator in "A Day's Wait" related to the boy?
(a) The boy is his nephew.
(b) The boy is his brother.
(c) The boy is his son.
(d) The boy is his grandson.

3. Where is Stevie at the beginning of "Great News From the Mainland"?
(a) A mental institution.
(b) Prison.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A boarding school.

4. Why does the boy in "A Day's Wait" think he is going to die?
(a) He has never felt so sick in his life.
(b) He sees his dead mother.
(c) He thinks his temperature is in Celsius.
(d) He hears strange music.

5. What does the man in "Get a Seeing Eye Dog" ask his wife to do?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Save him.
(c) Leave him.
(d) Stay with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease does the woman's husband have in "One Reader Writes"?

2. What is the name of Blindy's favorite bar?

3. What is Stevie's last name?

4. What is something Stevie and his father do together often?

5. What does Blindy spend his days doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David regret doing in "An African Story"?

2. What does Edwin do when he suspects that Luis is a Fascist?

3. How is Blindy blinded?

4. How does Maria act when she is captured in "Nobody Ever Dies"?

5. What happens to the man spraying cologne in "The Butterfly and the Tank"?

6. What do the Fontans make in secret, and why is it so secret?

7. What happens to Paco in "Under the Ridge"?

8. What does the good lion do when he is mocked for his strange eating habits?

9. Why does the boy in "A Day's Wait" think he is going to die, and how is he calmed down?

10. What does Al ask Edwin the night before he heads off to battle?

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