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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Louise Bently describe her relationship with Jesse's farm?
(a) Relaxing.
(b) Worthless.
(c) Memorable.
(d) Toxic.

2. When David and Jesse are in the forest, what makes David run?
(a) A forest fire starts.
(b) A stranger pulls out a gun.
(c) Jesse has a knife.
(d) The lamb starts to attack.

3. What does the "half-witted boy" of Wing's school do at night?
(a) Draw on his walls.
(b) Imagine dreams as facts.
(c) Plan a crime.
(d) Make prank phone calls.

4. Who does the tall, dark girl think she marries?
(a) The wine maker.
(b) The black-haired boy.
(c) Her second cousin.
(d) The jeweler's son.

5. How does the town feel about Joe and Sarah?
(a) They are repelled by it.
(b) They try to break them up.
(c) They are indifferent to it.
(d) They are in awe of it.

6. What does Henry Bradford do to Wing one afternoon at the schoolhouse?
(a) Give him money.
(b) Threaten his family.
(c) Offer him a ride out of town.
(d) Beat him up.

7. Who tells David a joke every morning?
(a) Louise.
(b) A farmhand.
(c) His aunt.
(d) Jesse.

8. How are the doctor's knuckles described?
(a) Horribly placed.
(b) Mysteriously bumpy.
(c) Strangely twisted.
(d) Extraordinarily large.

9. What does the writer name his book?
(a) The Book of Me.
(b) The Book of the Grotesque.
(c) When I Could Not Sleep.
(d) Grotesque Dreams.

10. What does David make that he always carries with him?
(a) A whip.
(b) A whistle.
(c) A slingshot.
(d) A polished rock.

11. How old is David Hardy when he comes to Jesse's farm?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Twenty-one.

12. What is the name of Tom and Elizabeth's hotel?
(a) New Willard House.
(b) Old Willard Place.
(c) The Willard.
(d) Elizabeth's Rose.

13. How does George feel at the end of the story when he is at the drug store?
(a) Angry.
(b) In love.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Satisfied.

14. What happens to the tall, dark girl in one of her dreams?
(a) She is slapped.
(b) She is robbed.
(c) She is ill.
(d) She is bitten.

15. What happens to the writer's book?
(a) It is not published.
(b) He looses the only copy.
(c) He decides to re-write it.
(d) It gets published.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor read to the girl in the winter?

2. How long does the writer write for when he gets out of bed and starts writing?

3. When does George visit Dr. Parcival?

4. Why does the writer get out of bed and start writing?

5. How does the writer describe the "truths" he writes about?

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