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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 chore does the buyer think will keep the seller from coming back, in "Equivalent"?
(a) Weeding the garden.
(b) Drain the oil in the mower.
(c) Clean out the shed.
(d) Paint the back porch.

2. In "Cloudland," what is the name of a painting of a lake that the narrator remembers?
(a) Water Damage.
(b) Tidal sunrise.
(c) Lake at Sunset.
(d) Lake and swans.

3. Where was the narrator's friend hurt, in "The Correct Grip"?
(a) In her house.
(b) Busy street.
(c) At a shopping mall.
(d) Woods near her house.

4. In "The Second Seating," what do the narrator and friends like to drink?
(a) Gimlet.
(b) Screwdriver.
(c) Martini.
(d) Vodka fizz.

5. In "Moonbow," when did the narrator's other dog die?
(a) Three month before.
(b) 3 weeks ago.
(c) Two months ago.
(d) 2 weeks ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Correct Grip," what phone number does the narrator give the wife of her attacker?

2. In "Equivalent," what was the former owner of the house supposed to fix?

3. What type of berry does the narrator get from the college campus in "Cloudland"?

4. What was the narrator of "Cloudland" doing when she noticed a girl wearing a turtleneck who was sitting on the lawn of her house?

5. In "Cloudland," how long had the narrator taught at a girls' school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does the wife of the narrator's attacker ask in "The Correct Grip," and what advice does the narrator give?

2. How does the narrator describe a painting titled "Water Damage," and how does the narrator like the painting?

3. Who does the narrator say is found in a weedy empty lot in "The Quiet Car"?

4. In "Cloudland," what happens to the man arrested for sexual abuse?

5. In "Cloudland," what does the narrator think about the fire at the home?

6. What was the narrator's job in New York, and why does she say that she left her job in this section of "Cloudland"?

7. In "The Second Seating," what do the narrator and friends have to eat and drink?

8. In "Equivalent," why does the narrator ask the seller of her house to help with difficult chores when he comes by?

9. What does the narrator in "Water Damage" learn about the home where she had her baby?

10. What does the white cross commemorate that is on the grassy median where the narrator turns to get to her house in "Cloudland"?

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