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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 title of the story in Chapter 21?

2. Describe the other students at the school Jim attends.

3. What is the name of Beatrice's current fiance at the beginning of the story?

4. What is Cora majoring in?

5. What is the title of Cora's story?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Hannah used as a tool between her parents?

3. What lesson does Emily learn from Lottie?

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

5. How is the title "The Philosophy Lesson" significant to the story of Cora?

6. What causes Beatrice to go deaf?

7. Compare Emily to Lottie.

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

9. Why is the cemetery the best place for Emily to read?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What is true happiness and contentment for some of the characters in Stafford's stories?

Essay Topic 3

How does Stafford use irony in her stories? Give 3 examples.

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