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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. What causes Mary to finally be certain that the ghost was Bob Elwell?
2. For the past week, what has Mary been assuming is the cause for Ned's need to be alone and his odd mood?
3. On page 84, the reader learns about the "prodigious windfall" that Ned and Mary experienced. Where did this "prodigious windfall" come from?
4. What is the only descriptive detail that the maid is able to give Mary about the stranger's appearance?
5. While she is thinking it over in the library, where does Mary finally decide the blame lies for Ned's distracted, anxious mood?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Mary doing on the morning that Ned disappears?
2. What horrifying chain of events does Mary understand once she sees Bob Elwell's picture?
3. How does the narrator describe the life that the Boynes had in America?
4. What do Mary and Ned plan to do with their time at Lyng?
5. What draws the Boynes to England?
6. What does Alida Stair tell the Boynes about Lyng?
7. In the narrative present at the beginning of the story, where is Mary and what is she doing?
8. In the beginning of section "IV," how much time has elapsed since Ned's disappearance, and what has been happening in that time?
9. What does Ned tell Mary about the Blue Star lawsuit?
10. What is the name of Ned's book, and what is the thematic significance of this title?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the appropriateness of Dorset as a setting for "Afterward." Use textual support in your defense, and be sure to cite any outside sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that proposes and supports a claim regarding the causes of Mary and Ned's downfall. What are the implications of everything that has happened for Mary's life after the story ends? Who or what is most at fault? Give textual support for your claims.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about "Afterward" as an example of American Realism. Offer textual evidence for your arguments and be sure to cite outside sources in MLA format.
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