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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 does the word "caseggiato" translate to in English?

2. When was the photograph of the library taken that is described in Chapter 7, "Dottie's Bed and Breakfast"?

3. Who does Angelina say Patty Nicely is now seeing in Chapter 5, "Mississippi Mary"?

4. How old was Annie Appleby when she told her siblings and neighbors that God spoke to her in the woods?

5. The Applebys lived on a dirt road that was about a mile from what highway?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the principle setting of Chapter 8, "Snow-Blind" and why is it significant?

2. Describe the narrative style in Chapter 6, "Sister."

3. How is Annie Appleby described as a child in Chapter 8, "Snow-Blind"?

4. What does the rug symbolize in Chapter 6, "Sister"?

5. How does Shelly Small describe Annie Appleby in Chapter 7, "Dottie's Bed and Breakfast"?

6. What is Mary's backstory in Chapter 5, "Mississippi Mary"? How has she come to her current situation?

7. What story from a Reader's Digest publication had an emotional impact on Dottie Blaine?

8. How did Annie Appleby's success come about?

9. Why is the story of Kathy Nicely significant in Chapter 5, "Mississippi Mary"?

10. What truths of Annie's father and Charlene's father are revealed in Chapter 8, "Snow-Blind"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of setting in Anything Is Possible. What different settings are presented in the different stories? How would you compare each of these settings? Why is setting an important component of the novel as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the exchange between Abel Blaine and Linck McKenzie in "Gift." How do these characters meet? Who controls their interaction? What is revealed through their exchange and how does this connect to the themes in the work?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the characters and relationship between Charlie and Tracy in "The Hit-Thumb Theory." For how long have these characters known one another? How did they meet? What happens to their relationship in this narrative?

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