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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What emotion does George feel when it comes to Gramma?
(a) Loathing.
(b) Fear.
(c) Love.
(d) Affection.
2. Where is Richard Pine when he writes in his diary?
(a) In jail.
(b) In a concentration camp.
(c) Stranded on a small island.
(d) In a well.
3. 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 can't seem to get his life together.
(c) Henry's wife and children died from a plague he brought home from Bombay.
(d) Henry's brothers and sisters all went mad.
4. Where is the bottle of orange juice located in "Morning Deliveries"?
(a) In the spider infested basement.
(b) In the refrigerator.
(c) Behind the deadly nightshade.
(d) On the front stoop.
5. What was Richard Pine's former name?
(a) Richard Pinzetti.
(b) Richard Pinetello.
(c) Robert Pine.
(d) Robert Pinzetti.
6. How much time does George spend looking for Henry?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Two days.
7. What adjective is used to describe the looking glass in "The Reaper's Image"?
(a) Feared.
(b) Famous.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Treasured.
8. In what room of the museum is the looking glass kept?
(a) The special exhibition room.
(b) The upper floor gables room.
(c) The attic.
(d) The courtesan library.
9. How did Henry kill himself?
(a) Overdose.
(b) Hanging.
(c) By shaking hands with himself.
(d) Electrocution.
10. What is the name of the looking glass?
(a) The English Bauble.
(b) DeIvers Looking Glass.
(c) Mirabella's Looking Glass.
(d) Dante's Looking Glass.
11. What realization does Rocky make as he and Leo are on a drunken joyride?
(a) There is someone following them.
(b) His wife has moved out of state.
(c) Leo is a jerk.
(d) His inspection sticker is about to expire.
12. In "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet," what does the party group begin to discuss?
(a) Successful writers who have gone mad or committed suicide.
(b) One hit wonders.
(c) Edgar Allen Poe.
(d) Publications deserving awards.
13. Why did Rocky do what he did that landed him in jail?
(a) His wife was unhappy with how poor they were.
(b) His wife was pregnant by the milkman.
(c) His wife made him angry and he tried to run her over with his car.
(d) His wife was having an affair with his best friend.
14. Who is giving Nona a hard time when the narrator meets her?
(a) Her ex boyfriend.
(b) Four truckers.
(c) Her pimp.
(d) Her father.
15. Who follows Rocky and Leo as they leave the garage?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) A cop.
(c) Bobby.
(d) The milkman.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Richard Pine do after he breaks his ankle?
2. Why does George's mother say his Gramma turned toward behavior that caused people to talk?
3. What other item does the milkman add to his delivery?
4. Shapiro gets the sense that the sands have what?
5. Where does Nona take the narrator?
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