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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 is the name of the health center Edwin is transporting a group of mentally retarded adults to in order to attend training in “A New-Wave Format”?
(a) Barclay's Hospital for Women
(b) Mount Sinai Mental Health Center
(c) Saint Jude's Hospital
(d) Cedar Hill Mental Health Center

2. What is the last name of Bill and Imogene in “The Ocean”?
(a) Watkins
(b) Crittendon
(c) Williams
(d) Hastings

3. Who brings Ruby her cake and ice cream and makes sure she has a comfortable chair in “Third Monday”?
(a) Jerry Wilson
(b) Betty Lewis
(c) Louise Milsap
(d) Georgeann Smith

4. How many years does the narrator say she was away “pursuing higher learning” in “Residents and Transients”?
(a) 8 years
(b) 4 years
(c) 2 years
(d) 3 years

5. How old is Holly in “Graveyard Day”?
(a) 14
(b) 6
(c) 10
(d) 4

Short Answer Questions

1. Ruby realizes in the hospital that she has about a hundred pictures of what actor, in “Third Monday"?

2. What is the name of Nancy’s history professor that attends her wedding in “Nancy Culpepper”?

3. When Georgeann began dating Shelby in high school, she was impressed that he had spent a month studying whose life in “The Retreat”?

4. What is Nancy’s position at a small private elementary school in “Lying Doggo”?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What different depictions of “family” are presented in “Graveyard Day”?

2. What can be interpreted of Joe McClain’s character through his actions in “Graveyard Day”?

3. How is Sabrina Jones described in “A New-Wave Format”?

4. What does Waldeen come to view as a symbol for marriage in “Graveyard Day”?

5. How is Nancy’s wedding described in “Nancy Culpepper”?

6. What is Edwin Creech doing in the opening of “A New-Wave Format”?

7. What does Gladys tell Ruby about Buddy at the market when he’s not there in “Third Monday”?

8. How is the U.S.S. Shaw described in “The Ocean”?

9. How is Ruby’s relationship with Buddy described in “Third Monday”?

10. How is Shelby Pickett described when Georgeann began dating him in “The Retreat”?

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