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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 Hannah's reaction to her hair cut?

2. How many men are fighting outside the spinster's house?

3. Who does Polly live with?

4. What do the two girls in the story compare to the residents of Adams, Colorado?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What lesson does Emily learn from Lottie?

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

5. What causes Beatrice to go deaf?

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

7. Compare Emily to Lottie.

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

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

10. What is the community reaction to Emily getting the evangelists kicked out of town, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Does Stafford write happy endings? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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

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