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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 career does the narrator of The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks leave in order to become a chef?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Finance.
(d) Law.

2. What county is Cicero driving in when his car breaks down in the story I Thought I Heard the Shuffle of Angels' Feet?
(a) York County.
(b) Winston County.
(c) Bucks County.
(d) Falgrass County.

3. Who is the police chief in Ain't No Sunshine?
(a) Michael Arbitran.
(b) Cathy Lazinski.
(c) Henry Lenore.
(d) Tony Cavanaugh.

4. Where was Jacson from originally?
(a) Rio de Janeiro.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Barcelona.

5. Who is Lazarus's exasperating aunt?
(a) Fannie Wren Hunt.
(b) Hortensia Barden Parker Compton.
(c) Minnie Razor.
(d) Francis Bedlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ed do after spending some time with the music star?

2. What does the music star say when Ed asks how he knew Ed played guitar?

3. Where is Ed actually from?

4. Who is the narrator's grandmother, in The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks?

5. Where is Cicero's and Jacson's vast house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cicero feel about his uncle, Dax Cross?

2. Why does Lazarus turn himself in to the police station in the first place?

3. Why does Ed Phelps go to the Carnegie Deli in the story When We All Get to Heaven?

4. How does Ed get caught up in Billy Idol's entourage?

5. Why does Inez Cross Chasten refuse to cook for Howard Hughes?

6. Why does Howard Hughes buy Bradham's motel in Tim's Creek?

7. How does Police Chief Cavanaugh react when Lazarus turns himself in after beating up J.C.?

8. Why does Howard Hughes ask Inez Cross Chasten to work for him in the story titled The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks?

9. How does Ed Phelps's musical interaction with Idol affect him later that same day?

10. Why is Lazarus Barden II having problems with his Aunt Tensy in the story Ain't No Sunshine?

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