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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. How does Father Minty first meet Rebekah?
2. What does Milly look like in the story "Best Features"?
3. What does the stone thrower's wife most enjoy about her day?
4. What is Rebekah doing when Father Minty calls her to come see him after dinner with his mother at the end of "Bad Priest"?
5. Who is the narrator's lover in "Bone Density"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What unique ability do Hanna and Anna share?
2. What secret of her own does the narrator keep from her unfaithful husband David in "Bone Density"?
3. How did Hanna and Laura first become friends?
4. Why does Natasha seem to feel responsible for her child's fatal accident in "Break All the Way Down"?
5. What Bible story did Nora Minty, Father Michael's mother, tell to Father Michael many times?
6. What does the narrator of "Bone Density" find in her husband's suitcase that confirms her knowledge that he is having an affair?
7. What does Father Michael realize at the end of "Bad Priest" about his mother's knowledge of his private life?
8. Why is Natasha in "Break All the Way Down" repelled by dogs?
9. Why does the narrator in "Open Marriage" seem confident her husband will not follow through on his aspirations to have affairs with other women?
10. Why is Natasha in the story "Break All the Way Down" in her relationship with the man she calls her boyfriend?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring how Gay uses the idea of bone density in the story "Bone Density" both literally and figuratively to highlight the divisions and discord between the narrator and her husband, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing how Gay uses specific, memorable details and imagery in the story "Noble Things" to convey the character Parker Coles Johnson VI's deep sense of loss and foreboding in the newly seceded South.
Essay Topic 3
In the story "Baby Arm," how is the fact that the narrator deliberately maintains an emotional detachment from her boyfriend, Gus, related to her attraction to the fight club that she organizes with Tate? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.
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