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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 Nan asks for Frank's help renegotiating her divorce settlement, what advice does he give her?
2. What is a logical inference about who "Hopie" is?
3. At the end of the story's first section, what is Alan trying to decide about Frank?
4. What is the one thing that Frank advises Alan he should not let his wife take in the divorce?
5. How does Brenda seem to feel about Frank and Alan missing her party?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the outcome of Frank and Alan's big case, and how does it impact their careers?
2. What does Frank tell Nan is the difference between men and women?
3. What is the difference in Frank's and Alan's attitudes toward marriage?
4. Explain the meaning of this metaphor used on page 23: "They were in the last rank of the armies of law."
5. On page 29, what does Brenda say about "thin-lipped women," and how does Frank respond?
6. In what way is Alan's reaction to Nan different from Frank's?
7. What is the story that Nan Christie tells Frank about trying to find someone to date and marry?
8. What do Frank and Alan do two months before their big case is supposed to be tried, and why do people tell them it is a bad idea?
9. What major event happens in Alan's life at Christmastime the year that Frank meets Nan, and how does Alan feel about it?
10. Who is Nan Christie, and what is her relationship to Frank?
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 role of class differences in "American Express." Support your assertions with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that analyzes how and why Salter adapts the third-person point of view to shift perspective from one character to another. Support your claims with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes a claim about the purpose of including Alan in the story--why not just make the story about Frank, and leave Alan out entirely? Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
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