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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. When does Norris' trouble start?
(a) When he falls off the ledge.
(b) When he starts dealing drugs.
(c) When he falls in love with a client.
(d) When he threatens a mobster.

2. In The Woman in the Room, what is Johnny's mother dying of?
(a) Frostbite.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Fever.
(d) A6.

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

4. Where do Burt and Vicky end up while they are driving?
(a) A forest.
(b) Cornfields.
(c) A lake.
(d) Mountains.

5. Which president is mentioned in The Man Who Loved Flowers?
(a) FDR.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) JFK.
(d) Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened with the loose ladder in The Last Rung of the Ladder?

2. Why did Katrina let go when Larry told her to even though she didn't know what he was planning?

3. What is the problem between Burt and Vicky?

4. What does Larry find out happened to his sister?

5. What do Burt and Vicky discover about the child that they run down in the street?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Harold stop mowing his lawn and what causes him to hire someone to mow it again later in The Lawnmower Man?

2. What decision does Johnny struggle with in The Woman in the Room?

3. What type of person is Stan Norris in The Ledge?

4. What do we learn of Katrina's fate in The Last Rung on the Ladder?

5. What does the ledge symbolize in the story The Ledge?

6. Briefly describe Elizabeth's character in I Know What You Need.

7. What has ironically turned into a source of danger in One for the Road and how?

8. What evidence points to the narrator of Strawberry Spring being the serial killer?

9. What is the symbol of the ladder in The Last Rung on the Ladder?

10. What does "strawberry spring" refer to?

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