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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Angelica travel each year?

2. What does Emily get caught doing?

3. What is the name of Mrs. Ramsey's grandson?

4. What is the name of the school that Cora attends?

5. What does Angelica think her life's purpose is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What expectations did Emma have about intellectuals and how did this change?

2. How does Mrs. Ramsey's story represent the difference between the old and the new?

3. What emotions do Daisy and her sister feel at the zoo?

4. How does the title of the story, "The Liberation", tie in with Polly's story?

5. What are the spinster's final feelings about the "I love someone" written on the sidewalk?

6. What are the effects of Beatrice's childhood on her adulthood?

7. What does Ella fear and how does she show it?

8. What lesson does Emily learn from Lottie?

9. How does Judy realize her love for Rod, her fiance?

10. How is Hannah used as a tool between her parents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role do social groups and social situations play in the short stories?

Essay Topic 2

Does Stafford write happy endings? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What role does Stafford apply to psychological horror? Choose at least 3 characters to discuss.

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