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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 Cora's last name?

2. How does the woman feel when she gets to the altar in "Between the Porch and the Altar"?

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

4. Who has Emma been outcast by?

5. What does Jim plan to do when he meets his new friend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Is the abuse against Hannah indirect or direct? How?

5. How does Judy realize her love for Rod, her fiance?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What kind of a role does Stafford apply realism to in her short stories?

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