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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is George summoned from his meeting with Greer?
(a) Another poker game is beginning.
(b) Henry is waiting at his house.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Davidson has died.

2. Why did Rocky do what he did that landed him in jail?
(a) His wife made him angry and he tried to run her over with his car.
(b) His wife was having an affair with his best friend.
(c) His wife was pregnant by the milkman.
(d) His wife was unhappy with how poor they were.

3. During what historical period was the looking glass made?
(a) Carolinian.
(b) Elizabethan.
(c) Victorian.
(d) Georgian.

4. What does Richard lack in "Survivor Type"?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Shelter.

5. Who is Reg Thorpe?
(a) A screenwriter attending the party.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) A character in Henry's tale.
(d) A convicted murderer.

6. Why does Greer feel that Henry is headed for a breakdown?
(a) Henry is despondent over his role in the death of a child in Bombay.
(b) Henry's wife and children died from a plague he brought home from Bombay.
(c) Henry can't seem to get his life together.
(d) Henry's brothers and sisters all went mad.

7. To what does the child in "For Owen" compare the fat children?
(a) Watermelons.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Christmas trees.
(d) Blueberries.

8. How does Davidson feel about the way Henry left?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Insulted.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Angry.

9. Where is Richard Pine when he writes in his diary?
(a) In jail.
(b) In a well.
(c) Stranded on a small island.
(d) In a concentration camp.

10. What does the milkman discover at the house with the cancellation note?
(a) A human foot.
(b) A murder.
(c) A young girl wandering alone.
(d) A poisonous snake he didn't have in his collection.

11. Where does the narrator meet Nona?
(a) At a party.
(b) On a blind date.
(c) In a brothel.
(d) In a truckers' diner.

12. What is the reason for the party in "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet"?
(a) A birthday.
(b) The publication of a young writer's first story.
(c) An anniversary.
(d) It is a social mixer for those new to the area.

13. What does Henry add to his letter to Thorpe to help convince Thorpe of his belief in Fornits?
(a) A doodle.
(b) A grainy picture.
(c) A single hair.
(d) A letter from the FBI.

14. How many acres was the land Uncle Otto intended to purchase?
(a) 4000.
(b) 50.
(c) 18000.
(d) 220.

15. Where is the narrator in "Nona" sitting as he considers events in his life?
(a) In his masion.
(b) In a spaceship.
(c) At home with his wife and two children.
(d) In a jail cell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Rand and Shapiro in "Beachworld"?

2. What is the name of the looking glass?

3. What does Henry do when Davidson shakes his hand?

4. What lie does Henry tell Thorpe?

5. Where did Richard Pine grow up?

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