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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 the title of the third part of 'A Gentle Spirit'?
(a) The Shrewdest of Men.
(b) The Meekest of Men.
(c) The Smartest of Men.
(d) The Noblest of Men.

2. How is 'The Peasant Marey' narrated?
(a) Omniscient narration.
(b) First person narration.
(c) Second Person narration.
(d) Third person narration.

3. Who helped the main character in 'The Peasant Marey' become a kinder person?
(a) His father.
(b) The prison warden.
(c) His wife.
(d) Marey.

4. Who does the main character in 'A Gentle Spirit' bribe for information about the girl?
(a) Her priest.
(b) Her brother.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) A servant.

5. What is the title of the first part of 'A Gentle Spirit'?
(a) Who I Wanted to Be.
(b) Where It All Began.
(c) Who I Was and Who She Was.
(d) Who We Were.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the main character in 'The Peasant Marey' talk about his childhood?

2. What is a frock?

3. Who does the man in 'The Dream of a Ridiculous Man' tell the person tugging at him to get help from?

4. How old was the man the girl married in 'A Gentle Spirit'?

5. What does NOT happen on holidays in 'The Peasant Marey'?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the girl nearly kill her husband?

2. Why did the pawnbroker blame himself for his wife's death?

3. Where does the boy in 'The Heavenly Christmas Tree' hide when he gets scared?

4. What does the boy in 'The Heavenly Christmas Tree' see while he is hiding?

5. What did the death of the crocodile cause for Russia?

6. What do people tell the wife of the man in the Crocodile choose to do about her situation?

7. What did the girl in 'A Gentle Spirit' hope to accomplish by meeting with a young lieutenant?

8. What does the main character in 'A Gentle Spirit' say gave him the upper-hand in his situation?

9. Who does the pawn broker turn to for comfort after his wife dies?

10. How was the wedding in 'An Unpleasant Predicament' ruined?

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