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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. In Galloping Foxley, what is Foxley's first name?

2. In Neck, what is Sir Basil's occupation?

3. In Edward the Conquerer, the bonfire is made of ___________.

4. In Galloping Foxley, where did Jocelyn attend school?

5. Where is Pig killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Foster from The Way Up to Heaven do to pay her husband back for all the years of aggravation?

2. In My Lady Love, My Dove, how does Pamela overhear some bad statements about herself?

3. What is Pig curious about when he first eats meat?

4. In The Last Act, who is Conrad, and how does he know Anna?

5. Why does Louisa from Edward the Conqueror think the cat was a musician in another life?

6. How does William from Dip in the Pool die?

7. In the Visitor, what horrible discovery does Cornelius make the morning after his love affair?

8. Where does Lady Turton in Neck get stuck, and how does she get free?

9. What did The Landlady do to her boarders? Why?

10. In William and Mary, what is the first thing Mary does when she sees her husband after his death? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Roald Dahl includes some ingenious forms of irony in these stories. What are some of these examples, and how does their ironic nature affect the plot of the stories in which they are included?

Essay Topic 2

How did religion filter into some of these stories, and what did it symbolize in these different appearances?

Essay Topic 3

What happened to George when he was a child in "Georgy Porgy," and how did this affect his life as an adult?

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