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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Copeland tell his father-in-law he believed in?

2. Where does Biff go during his Sunday break?

3. What does Mick suggest she and Harry do before they return to the meal?

4. What is Jack Blount's dream?

5. What does Mr. Singer do when he returns to his home from the asylum?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine and discuss the quote from Karl Marx that Doctor Copeland uses in the story, "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." How did this apply to what was happening in the story?

Essay Topic 2

What are the themes of the story? At your discretion, choose one of the themes and tell which characters fit that theme, and in what ways they fit into that theme of the story.

Essay Topic 3

Mick Kelly's dream was to be a famous pianist. Was this dream realistic? What would she have had to overcome to achieve her dream? What talent, if any, did she show in the story that might lead the reader to believe this dream might come true one day? Did Mick see being a pianist as a means to travel around the world, or were the dreams to play piano and travel independent of one another?

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