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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Vicky have an aversion to religion?
(a) Because of her preacher father.
(b) Because she worships the devil.
(c) Because she gets confused by it.
(d) Because of her preacher mother.

2. How did the first strawberry spring end?
(a) The storm came.
(b) The fog continued to grow.
(c) The strawberries died.
(d) The storm blew in and the fog went away.

3. With what sort of intention about smoking does Dick Morrison go to Quitters, Inc.?
(a) Not fully committed to quit.
(b) Half-hearted intention to quit.
(c) Nonchalant commitment to quit.
(d) Full-fledged intention to quit.

4. On the first night of the strawberry spring in the narrator's past, what is discovered?
(a) The dead body of a girl with her throat slit.
(b) The dead body of a girl with her head chopped off.
(c) The dead body of a girl buried.
(d) The dead body of a girl in pieces.

5. Who is the first person narrator in One For the Road?
(a) Booth.
(b) The man.
(c) A vampire.
(d) Tookey.

6. Who does Harold expect will come to mow his lawn?
(a) The boy who mowed his lawn before.
(b) A professional.
(c) A teenager.
(d) A naked man.

7. What do people think when they see the young man in The Man Who Loved Flowers?
(a) That he is insane.
(b) That he is rich.
(c) That he is in love.
(d) That he is stupid.

8. What causes the narrator of Strawberry Spring to flashback?
(a) A story on the radio.
(b) An article in the newspaper.
(c) A story on the television.
(d) Seeing his old college friend.

9. Which of the following is not something the person who comes to mow Harold's lawn does?
(a) Eats the lawn cuttings like a goat.
(b) He is naked.
(c) Eats a squirrel.
(d) Eats a woodchuck.

10. What is the young man whom Elizabeth meets at the beginning of I Know What You Need convinced of?
(a) That she is really in love with him.
(b) That her roommate is in love with him.
(c) That he knows exactly what she needs.
(d) That he knows what his roommate needs.

11. What does Norris do to Cressner?
(a) Forces him to walk the ledge.
(b) Shoots him.
(c) Knocks him unconscious.
(d) Pushes him off the ledge.

12. What does Larry find waiting for him when he returns home in The Last Rung on the Ladder?
(a) A letter from his father.
(b) A newspaper clipping from his sister.
(c) His sister.
(d) A letter from his sister.

13. What theme is The Lawnmower Man based on?
(a) Romance.
(b) Suspsense.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Revenge.

14. What is the name of the young man's special lady in The Man Who Loved Flowers?
(a) Her name is not mentioned.
(b) Norma.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Rita.

15. What is Elizabeth's roommate concerned about?
(a) Elizabeth's growing relationship with Ed.
(b) Elizabeth's grades.
(c) Elizabeth's lack of commitment to Ed.
(d) Elizabeth's boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of Strawberry Spring suspect?

2. Which president is mentioned in The Man Who Loved Flowers?

3. Why does Vicky honk the car horn?

4. What does Johnny find in his mother's medicine cabinet?

5. What has happened to the wife and daughter in One For the Road?

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