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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. Where are Jane's parents drinking on the train?
(a) The Starstruck Lounge.
(b) The Starlight Lounge.
(c) The Starlit Room.
(d) The Stargazers Lounge.

2. What question does G.R. ask Cody after hearing the story of what happened to Cody after his nap on the rocks?
(a) "Were you as frightened as you thought you would be?"
(b) "How did you get up there by yourself?"
(c) "Is it true that your whole life passes before your eyes?"
(d) "What were you doing up there with all the ice?"

3. In The Things They Carried, what are some of things the soldiers carry for personal use?
(a) Radios, batteries, alarm clocks and hats.
(b) Paper and pens, spools of wire, and nail clippers.
(c) Safety pins, pith helmets, rubber boots, and clean underwear.
(d) Socks, shoes and fresh clothing.

4. What do the two men who come to visit Gunther leave with him as they go?
(a) Their Mercedes.
(b) A check for good-faith money for the movie.
(c) Twenty thousand dollars in cash.
(d) Their standard poodle George.

5. In Dog Heaven, who is Duke?
(a) The dog.
(b) The janitor.
(c) The principal.
(d) The mascot.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Lawns, what room has the narrator reserved at the hotel?

2. In Cody's Story, who is Cody's partner?

3. What does the narrator of Men Under Water do for a living?

4. What is Acid Rain?

5. In the story Lawns, how does the narrator identify herself in the first sentence of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the narrator of Lawns, and what is her crime?

2. How do the boys in Murderers get caught on their misadventure, and what happens to them?

3. In the story Rules of the Game, who is Lau Fo?

4. Who is Vopotik in the story Helping?

5. In the story Murderers, who do the young boys want to see when they climb up onto the water tower, and why?

6. In the story Daddy Garbage, how does Strayhorn discover the baby in the box?

7. In Moonwalk, who is Margaret Many Wounds and what is happening to her as the story opens? Who is taking care of her?

8. In Cody's Story, who are Cody and G.R.? What do they do for a living and where?

9. Who does Strayhorn immediately find to help him figure out what to do with the dead baby and why?

10. In Rules of the Game, what is Meimei's mother's "chang"?

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