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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 does the rat catcher put in the bags to catch rats?
(a) Dead mice.
(b) French fries.
(c) Plaster of Paris.
(d) Blood.

2. What kind of business was the Sinai Desert?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A strip club.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A bar.

3. Who claims Lexington when his parents are killed?
(a) The state.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His uncle.

4. Who taught the narrator of "Georgy Porgy?"
(a) His aunt.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

5. What was the name of the girl Oswald was involved with in Cairo?
(a) Illiana.
(b) Inez.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Ingrid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Uncle Oswald send in "The Visitor?"

2. Why is Hitler's mother sure that he will survive?

3. What is the occupation of the narrator of "Georgy Porgy?"

4. Why is the hotel so excited to buy the giant turtle?

5. How did the mother of the narrator of "Georgy Porgy" die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the hitchhiker save the narrator from getting a ticket?

2. What does the landlady do with all of her pets when they die?

3. What is royal jelly?

4. What happens when Bert looks inside the hayrick?

5. What is wrong with Mabel's baby in "Royal Jelly," and why is she so concerned about this?

6. What was the experiment used by the narrator in "Georgy Porgy" to understand women?

7. How did Mrs. Bixby hide her affair for so long?

8. What happens when Lexington visits a packing house?

9. What happens when Lexington eats meat for the first time in "Pig?"

10. How does Mrs. Bixby try to trick her husband into getting her the mink coat?

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