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. In "Christmas Gift" who is having a baby?
(a) The boy's mother.
(b) The neighbor's wife.
(c) The boy's sister.
(d) The family dog.

2. In "The Country Husband" who listens to Francis tell about the event that has just happened?
(a) Francis' children.
(b) No one.
(c) Julia.
(d) Anne.

3. In "Wild Plums" what is the narrator's name?
(a) Mary.
(b) Anna Marie.
(c) The reader is not told.
(d) Stephanie.

4. In "The Hitch-Hikers" who kills Sanford?
(a) The little boy.
(b) Tom Harris.
(c) Sobby.
(d) He kills himself.

5. In "The Other Woman" what important recognition has the storyteller received?
(a) He became head bishop.
(b) He caught a wanted criminal and received a reward.
(c) He was voted "Man of the Year."
(d) He was appointed to a government position and recognized for his poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Country Husband" Francis responds rudely to a neighbor. What was she trying to talk to him about?

2. In "Christmas Gift" who gives the boy a cigarette?

3. In "My Dead Brother Comes to America," the family is waiting onshore for ____________.

4. In "The Killers" what is the name of the location that the first part of the story takes place?

5. In "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin," how does the family lose contact with Richard?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the sister acts around Richard in "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin."

2. How do you perceive the fiancee in "The Other Woman"?

3. In "Wild Plums" why did the young girl want to pick plums?

4. In "That in Aleppo Once..." do you think the wife ever actually existed?

5. In "The Second Tree From the Corner," do you think the main character is mentally ill? Why?

6. In "The Second Tree from the Corner," what are Mr. Trexler's bizarre thoughts?

7. In "Christmas Gift" why does the storekeeper give the boy candy?

8. In "Christmas Gift" why do you suppose the father stopped complaining about the half-sister staying with the family?

9. Describe the young woman in "Theft."

10. Describe the evidence that the family in "Christmas Gift" are second-class citizens.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 919 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample