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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 Beatrice's third fiance?

2. What is the color of the sash that Jim's new friend wears?

3. Who does Emma see at the museum?

4. Who is the eldest of the siblings in "A Mountain Day"?

5. Where did a student at Cora's school commit suicide?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Emma show that she is afraid of rejection?

2. How does the spinster feel about the fight she sees outside her house?

3. What does Angelica believe her purpose in life is?

4. What emotions do Daisy and her sister feel at the zoo?

5. How are Daisy and her sister able to find humor in unpleasantness?

6. What does Ella fear and how does she show it?

7. How does the title, "A Summer Day", correspond to the story of Jim Littlefield?

8. How does the government play a role in "A Summer Day"?

9. What lesson does Emily learn from Lottie?

10. What expectations did Emma have about intellectuals and how did this change?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How is conforming to meet society's standards a theme throughout the stories in this book?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how relevant the title of 3 different short stories is to the plot, characters, and setting of those stories.

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