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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 did the company produce where Matthew worked when his mother died?

2. What actress starred in Weird Science?

3. In what month did Penelope die?

4. What is the name of the horse that the narrator claims got Ted in the end in "The Girl at Gallery Road"?

5. Who drove Clay to his father's in "The Silver Mule"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Carey ultimately begin training as a jockey?

2. How did the Dunbar boys feel about playing piano? Why?

3. Why does Clay blame himself for Carey's death?

4. What is the framing device that is used in the novel?

5. Who is Jimmy Hartnell and what role does he play in the novel?

6. What does Michael give Clay to take to Carey in Part 6?

7. What is the significance of the cigarette pack in the piano?

8. How does Clay learn about Carey's death? What does he do?

9. How did Tommy come to own Achilles?

10. What is significant about the night that Clay and Carey spend together at The Surrounds in Part 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Matthew Dunbar. How old is Michael in the prologue and epilogue of the novel? What are his relationships like with his brothers? How does he feel about his parents? How does Matthew's character evolve in the course of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Clay Dunbar in Bridge of Clay. What is Clay's main objective in the narrative? Does he achieve this objective? How does Clay grow as a character in the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the narrative style of Bridge of Clay. From whose perspective is the story related? Why do you think the author has chosen this particular narrative voice? Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Why?

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