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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. In "I Stay with Syd," how often does the narrator move to the house at the beach?
(a) A couple days a month.
(b) One week a month.
(c) Two weeks a month.
(d) Every other month.

2. Why do Syd, the narrator, and everyone else have to leave the theater in in "I Stay with Syd"?
(a) Power goes out.
(b) Storm worsens.
(c) Bomb threat.
(d) The roof springs a leak.

3. In what position are the curtains in the apartment in "Fort Bedd"?
(a) Half open.
(b) Stuffed up in the curtain rod.
(c) Tied back.
(d) Closed.

4. What name was given to Dahmer first in "A Full Service Shelter"?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Clinton.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Lincoln.

5. While other people are at 100 percent, what percent is the narrator in "Four Calls in the Last Half Hour"?
(a) 75.
(b) 70.
(c) 65.
(d) 80.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "Fort Bedd" think she can learn to do from trees?

2. How long do the narrator, Syd, and the others have to wait before they can go back inside the theater, in "I Stay with Syd"?

3. What does the narrator think that she will need to get through, in "Fort Bedd"?

4. In "The Chicane," how long ago did the narrator's aunt Lauryn accompany an actor on interviews?

5. At the end of "I Stay with Syd," what does the narrator want to hurry up and end?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lauryn and Macario spend the summer they were married?

2. At the beginning of "I Stay with Syd," what does the narrator say about Syd's married man?

3. How does the narrator treat the death-row dogs?

4. Why do Syd and the narrator have to leave the theater before the movie is over, in "I Stay with Syd"?

5. In "Four Calls in the Last Half Hour," what does the narrator say about the man and his actions?

6. What does the narrator say about cleaning cages?

7. What are the dolls like in the "Doll Tornado"?

8. How does Mrs. Greed get to and from the narrator's husband's house?

9. How does the narrator describe Mrs. Greed?

10. How does a man use a dead lamb to save an orphan lamb?

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