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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. When Mary and Ned see the man coming toward the hosue in October, what does Mary assume?
2. When Ned speeds off to talk with the mysterious visitor on that day in October, why does it take Mary so long to follow?
3. When section "III" opens, Mary is spending the morning working outdoors. She goes into the area where the "espaliered" pear trees are (89). What kind of pear trees are these?
4. What detail does the narrator relate as evidence of how much Ned and Mary have yearned for a life like the one they have in England?
5. What does Ned's motive seem to be when he first brings up the subject of whether the house has a ghost?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the Boynes tell Alida Stair about why Lyng's drawbacks are not problems from their point of view?
2. Describe the emotional condition that Mary is in in section "IV" of the story.
3. What does Mary remember happening earlier in the day in October when she and Ned first climbed Meldon Steep?
4. How has Ned's mood changed on the morning after he and Mary first discussed the Blue Star lawsuit, and what does Mary believe changed his mood?
5. How does the narrator describe the life that the Boynes had in America?
6. After she finds out that he has gone out with the mysterious man and not yet returned, why is Mary immediately alarmed?
7. What is Mary doing on the morning that Ned disappears?
8. In the narrative present at the beginning of the story, where is Mary and what is she doing?
9. What does Alida Stair tell the Boynes about Lyng?
10. On the day of his disappearance, what is so frustrating for Mary about her conversation with her staff about where Ned is?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In "Afterward," two Americans use wealth that they have earned through exploitation to try to escape the realities of America into a fantasy of the European past. Write an essay that offers your opinion about whether Wharton did or did not intend this as a critique of America's dominant class and American history in general. If you use outside sources, be sure to cite them in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that explores "Afterward" as entertainment; make and defend a claim about whether the story succeeds as a disturbing "haunted house" tale. Offer specific textual support for your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the purpose of the story's structure. Why does it begin with the moment that it begins with? How are flashbacks used, and why? What periods of time are narrated in detail, and which are compressed, and why? Offer textual evidence for your claims.
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