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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 do Beatrice and her fiance do the night before they are to be married?

2. Who does Emma see at the museum?

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

4. What is the name of Angelica's husband?

5. Who does Polly live with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Judy think that her happiest day was the day in the mountains?

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

3. How does Ella show that she loves her horse?

4. How is anonymity a theme in "The Philosophy Lesson"?

5. How does Mrs. Ramsey's story represent the difference between the old and the new?

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

7. What does the woman on her way to church want to pray for?

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

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

10. What are the spinster's final feelings about the "I love someone" written on the sidewalk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A common theme in Stafford's stories is that nothing is constant. Love, illness, and emotions waver. How is this true in 3 of Stafford's stories?

Essay Topic 2

How does Stafford use names to embody the character's mannerisms, emotional state, or actions?

Essay Topic 3

What story is the most haunting or resounding? Why?

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