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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 name of Isabel's husband?

2. What smell is mentioned in the first sentence of "The Other Side of Death"?

3. What day is it in "One of These Days"?

4. Where does the narrator of "Someone" want to put the roses?

5. What is the protagonist in "Dialogue with the Mirror" thinking about in the first paragraph?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the villagers' initial reaction to the rain in "Monologue of Isabel."

2. How do the men of "The Night of the Curlews" become blind? Explain.

3. Explain the doctor's diagnosis and treatment for the protagonist of "The Third Resignation."

4. How does the dentist initially handle the Mayor's request in "One of These Days," and why?

5. Summarize the relationship between the two characters in "Eyes of a Blue Dog."

6. Describe some of the ways the woman has tried to find the man.

7. Describe the events leading to Nabo's death in "Nabo: The Black Man who Made the Angels Wait."

8. Describe the noise the protagonist of "The Third Resignation" hears.

9. In "Bitterness for Three Sleepwalkers," why do the sleepwalkers realize the woman had been a child once?

10. Why does Eva want an orange, and how does she decide to get it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the setting of "Monologue of Isabel" may possibly function as a character.

Essay Topic 2

Compare the magic realism found in "Death Constant Beyond Love" to that found in other stories.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of the dentist Aurelio Escovar and make a defense for him either as a villain or as an avenger.

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