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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. How much money does the woman give the person she sees on the way to church?

2. Where did Emma move to?

3. Which of Mrs. Ramsey's relatives is a soldier?

4. What day is it when the woman goes to church in "Between the Porch and the Altar"?

5. What is the color of the armchair that Ella sits in while babysitting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the gift that Arthur sends to his grandmother? How does it affect her?

5. What lesson does Emily learn from Lottie?

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

7. What do Polly's actions after she learns that her fiance has died represent?

8. What are the effects of Beatrice's childhood on her adulthood?

9. How does the title of the story, "The Liberation", tie in with Polly's story?

10. How does the title, "The End of a Career", relate to the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do any of the characters in the short stories recognize their own weaknesses? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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