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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 sounds does the narrator say may remind him of his lover?
2. What does the narrator say he sometimes feels like when he thinks of his affair?
3. Why does the narrator think he could not let himself fall completely in love with his lover?
4. How does the narrator describe the way his lover responded when he told her he loved her?
5. What does the narrator cite as the other "bad time" (28) he and his lover had?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the narrator's lover give him before he left? Describe it.
2. How does the narrator describe what happens when you look at the pain as if "in an open box, in a window somewhere" (29)?
3. What types of things does the narrator say bring back to the memory of his lover just as he thinks he is over the pain?
4. The narrator says he would do it again. Why? Was the pleasure greater than the pain?
5. The narrator says he may have only been half falling in love. Why?
6. In what way is the pain from the affair worse than the pleasure?
7. Describe the first bad time the speaker recalls having with his lover.
8. In the final paragraph, what does the narrator question regarding his affair?
9. What was the second bad time the narrator says he and his lover had?
10. What does the narrator do to try to numb the "large heavy pain" (26) he is left with once the pictures fade?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay examining the green shirt as a symbol in "Break it Down." In what scenes does the shirt appear? What is the context? How does the shirt develop the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Davis of "Break it Down." Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the author of "Break it Down." Who is she? What else has she written? How is "Break it Down" similar or different from her previous works?
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