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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the man Ruby’s dating try to sell her when they first met in “Third Monday”?
(a) A stuffed animal
(b) A hunting dog
(c) A coffee table
(d) A ring

2. How many lines does Sabrina have in the play she’s in rehearsals for in “A New-Wave Format”?
(a) 2
(b) 6
(c) 3
(d) 5

3. What ship that had been sunk at Pearl Harbor does Bill think about as he tries to sleep in the camper in “The Ocean”?
(a) The U.S.S. Shaw
(b) The U.S.S. Ross
(c) The U.S.S. Amboy
(d) The U.S.S. Peters

4. What is the name of Holly’s father in “Graveyard Day”?
(a) Robert Cleveland
(b) Jack Walters
(c) Kent Ballard
(d) Joe Murdock

5. When Georgeann began dating Shelby in high school, she was impressed that he had spent a month studying whose life in “The Retreat”?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt's
(b) Winston Churchill's
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt's
(d) Abraham Lincoln's

6. What is Nancy’s married name in “Nancy Culpepper”?
(a) Nancy Ballard
(b) Nancy Waterford
(c) Nancy Cleveland
(d) Nancy Turnbow

7. How many years does Imogene say it’s been since they’ve been in Nashville in “The Ocean”?
(a) 35 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 15 years
(d) 10 years

8. When Georgeann first knew Shelby in high school, Shelby was on probation for stealing four cases of cola and a ham from where in “The Retreat”?
(a) Piggly Wiggly
(b) K-Mart
(c) Albertson's Grocery Store
(d) Kroger's Grocery Store

9. Why does the narrator say she returned to Kentucky in “Residents and Transients”?
(a) Her uncle married a millionaire
(b) Her father passed away and left her his house
(c) To marry her college professor
(d) Her parents were in poor health

10. In the beginning of “The Retreat,” Georgeann is basting facings on what garment?
(a) A wedding dress
(b) A band uniform
(c) A cheerleader's uniform
(d) A children's choir robe

11. What is the name of Nancy’s history professor that attends her wedding in “Nancy Culpepper”?
(a) Dr. Doyle
(b) Dr. Ross
(c) Dr. James
(d) Dr. Anderson

12. How old is Sabrina in “A New-Wave Format”?
(a) 20
(b) 26
(c) 32
(d) 43

13. What newspaper does Bill read every night in “The Ocean”?
(a) The Sun-Democrat
(b) The Chicago Tribune
(c) The Democrat-Gazette
(d) The New York Times

14. The narrator says in “Residents and Transients,” “I complained for weeks about living with houses in view. I need” what?
(a) Rice fields
(b) Mountains
(c) Cornfields
(d) Cotton fields

15. Where did Waldeen’s ex-husband move after their divorce in “Graveyard Day”?
(a) Texas
(b) Arkansas
(c) Arizona
(d) Oklahoma

Short Answer Questions

1. The neighbor that Nancy talks to about Grover in the supermarket says the doctor told him to avoid what vegetable for his rheumatoid arthritis in “Lying Doggo”?

2. What word from “Graveyard Day” refers to studies or membership within a philosophical secret society said to have been founded in late medieval Germany by Christian Rosenkreuz?

3. Where did the narrator know Larry from before she began having an affair with him in “Residents and Transients”?

4. How long ago does the narrator say she came back to Kentucky in “Residents and Transients”?

5. Nancy’s grandmother is said to use only what kind of soap on her dishes in “Nancy Culpepper”?

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