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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 is the name of the protagonist in "A Piece of Wood?"
(a) Spaulding.
(b) Mitchell.
(c) Wingard.
(d) Beck.
2. What is the name of the family that emigrated to Mars?
(a) Carlson.
(b) Bitterling.
(c) Bertram.
(d) Smith.
3. What is the name of the owner?
(a) Tully.
(b) Terle.
(c) Taylor.
(d) Thomas.
4. What city is mentioned in the story?
(a) Paris.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Phoenix.
5. What profession is the man who first learns about "The Anthem Sprinters?"
(a) Track coach.
(b) Conductor.
(c) Reporter.
(d) Doctor.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the main male character in "Frost and Fire?"
2. What is the name of the woman in "The Illustrated Woman?"
3. What do the men find on the beach instead?
4. What is the name of the doomed man?
5. Who hire the modeler to create the prehistoric animal in "Tyrannosaurus Rex?"
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the wife attempt to help her husband in "The Women?"
2. Discuss the unusual personality disorder of Fabian in "And So Died Riabouchinska." How does the disorder affect the story?
3. "Night Call, Collect" tells the story of which character? What is the character's problem?
4. Discuss the plot of n "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit." Who is involved? What do the people learn?
5. In "The Happiness Machine" Leo Auffmann invents a happiness machine. Describe the machine and was it does for the users. Also examine the opinion of Mrs. Auffmann.
6. What is the main issue facing Carrie in "The Strawberry Window?" What is the resolution?
7. In "The Best of All Possible Worlds," two men meet on a commuter train.
8. In "Tyrannosaurus Rex" a movie producer hires a modeler to create a stop-motion dinosaur. What is the unusual outcome of the project?
9. In "The Terrible Conflagration up at the Place" a group of people decide to burn the lord's home as a sign of political protest. Why is the plan to burn the lord's home discarded?
10. What is the story of the main character in "The Illustrated Woman?"
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