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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 did the woman in "Eyes" write with on the drugstore floor?

2. At the end of "The Woman," what time does the woman say she arrived at the restaurant?

3. What color is the cat's fur in "Eva"?

4. In "The Other Side of Death," what "fruit" do the trees bear?

5. What is the woman doing in the beginning of "Eyes"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the protagonist notice he is "really" dying? Explain.

2. At what point do the characters in "Monologue" start to pray, and why?

3. Why does the boy not want to lead the blind men in "Night"?

4. Describe the Mayor's reaction to the dental work.

5. Why do the sleepwalkers want the woman to cry?

6. Describe the protagonist's brother's death in "The Other Side of Death."

7. Explain Eva's relationship to her beauty in "Eva Is Inside Her Cat."

8. Describe the "boy" in "Eva."

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two victimized characters and compare and contrast their experiences, particularly in how their stories end.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the prominence of the theme of the progression of death in "Bitterness for Three Sleepwalkers," "The Third Resignation," and "Eva Is Inside Her Cat," comparing and contrasting its presence in the three stories.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the heroism of Nabo and another character.

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