View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who catches Pearl at the end of "You Could Look It Up"?
(a) Second baseman.
(b) Catcher.
(c) Center Fielder.
(d) First baseman.

2. How did Pepe kill a man?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Stabbing.
(c) Shooting.
(d) Beating.

3. What is Warburton appalled to find out about his new assistant?
(a) He does not dress up for dinner.
(b) He has bad teeth.
(c) He is vain.
(d) He overdresses for dinner.

4. What is Allan Cedar's wife's name?
(a) Dora.
(b) Bertha.
(c) Virga.
(d) Judy.

5. What is the father helping his son prepare for in "Innocence"?
(a) School.
(b) Riding a bike.
(c) Confession.
(d) Choir.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Pearl tagged out?

2. Where does Allan drive to meet Virga?

3. What does the young woman in "Cruel and Barbarious Treatment" use her husband for?

4. How do the young woman's friends react to her affair in "Cruel and Barbarious Treatment"?

5. Why is Warburton furious with Cooper after he comes back from a trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is imagery used effectively as a literary device in "Innocence"?

2. Why is "Virga Vay & Allan Cedar" a love story gone wrong?

3. How does the woman in "Cruel and Barbarious Treatment" use adultery, and what is the result?

4. What is May's pain at the end of "A Country Love Story"?

5. Briefly describe the Freudian theme in "My Oedipal Complex."

6. How does seeing Elizabeth affect John Ferris?

7. How is "You Could Look It Up" told?

8. How is Cooper viewed in Warburton's eyes?

9. What is Pepe's physical state right before he is killed?

10. Why is the doctor in "The Use of Force" adamant about seeing the little girl's throat?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 626 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample