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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 do Ben and Natasha do with the baby they have been given to care for?
2. Who is Natasha's husband in "Break All the Way Down"?
3. What special communication system do Hanna and her twin sister share?
4. In what way is Hanna deceiving her husband?
5. How long is Hanna's mother gone before she returns to see her family?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the stone thrower's wife enjoy most about her days?
2. Why does Natasha seem to feel responsible for her child's fatal accident in "Break All the Way Down"?
3. Why is Natasha in the story "Break All the Way Down" in her relationship with the man she calls her boyfriend?
4. How does Hanna react when she sees her mother for the first time in 16 years?
5. What is appealing to Rebekah about her affair with Father Michael?
6. What secret of her own does the narrator keep from her unfaithful husband David in "Bone Density"?
7. Why does the narrator's mother in the story "A Pat" tell her to befriend the saddest and most desperate people?
8. Where does the stone thrower first meet his glass wife in the story "Requiem for a Glass Heart"?
9. What does the narrator of "Bone Density" find in her husband's suitcase that confirms her knowledge that he is having an affair?
10. How did Hanna and Laura first become friends?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Gay features twins in several of the stories in Difficult Women, including "The Mark of Cain," "How," and "I am a Knife." Write an essay comparing and contrasting the different themes Gay develops around her characters who are twins throughout different stories in the book.
Essay Topic 2
In the story "I Will Follow You," Savvie knows exactly what her sister Carolina means when she says she married Darryl because she would be no good to a really good man, and Darryl is not a really bad man. Write an essay explaining how the trauma and abuse of Savvie's and Carolina's childhood abduction affects each of their adult relationships with men and with each other.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the metaphors Gay uses in the story "The Sacrifice of Darkness" to explain the desperation and subjugation of the working classes. Cite specific references from the text in your answer.
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