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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 is the name of Pansy's doctor?

2. What does May see from the window that makes her melancholy?

3. What is the name of the place where Kitty works?

4. How many sons does Hugh have?

5. What is the name of Mrs. Heath's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can the reader understand Pansy's pain and suffering?

2. Why doesn't Mrs. Heath want to spend time with the other people in her new neighborhood?

3. Describe Rhoda's childhood.

4. How does Kitty feel about the town she lives in?

5. In what ways is Mr. Oliphant strong?

6. How can the reader rationalize Pansy's fear of surgery?

7. Compare Laura and Ada to Jessie.

8. Describe the relationship between Sue and Ramona.

9. How is independence a theme in the story about Lily and Isobel?

10. How does Abby realize the seriousness of gambling addiction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What story is the most haunting or resounding? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and compare two different characters from the short stories. How are they alike and different? What makes them both unique but somehow connected?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Stafford choose to write many stories surrounding the town of Adams, Colorado?

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