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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. To which state was the arrested person extradited in "About the Confession?"
(a) Ohio.
(b) Florida.
(c) Maine.
(d) New York.

2. What topic does the English professor challenge Theresa to write about for her last assignment?
(a) Taking her driver's test.
(b) Losing her virginity.
(c) Smoking marijuana.
(d) Getting drunk.

3. What is the medical condition of the suspect's wife in "About the Confession?"
(a) She has migraines.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She has polio.
(d) She is an alcoholic.

4. What does Gary do when he hears the doorbell while in Theresa's apartment?
(a) Hides in the closet.
(b) Pretends he is Theresa and says he's fine.
(c) Stabs Theresa just to make sure she's dead.
(d) Jumps out the window.

5. What does Theresa ask Gary to do after they are intimate?
(a) To slam the door on his way out.
(b) To leave.
(c) To stay with her.
(d) To go back to the bar with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Theresa fall in the order of her siblings?

2. How does the professor react to Theresa's scar?

3. Who does Brigid marry?

4. Who stops visiting Theresa in the hospital?

5. What are Theresa's job duties in her new workplace?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Theresa's relationship with Katherine as a child.

2. What is Martin's wife's occupation and what disgusts Theresa about it?

3. What helps Theresa out of her post-college graduation depression and why?

4. Discuss how Gary is teased by George and Theresa in "The Confession."

5. What is Gary's reaction when police ask him about the contents of his jacket?

6. Discuss the size of Theresa's family and the ages of her and her siblings.

7. Discuss the evolution of one coffee break with Martin and Theresa.

8. Discuss Gary's actions when Theresa doesn't stop screaming.

9. Discuss Gary's reactions when he hears the doorbell ringing while he is in Theresa's apartment.

10. How does Theresa learn her relationship with Martin will end upon graduation and how does she react to the news?

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