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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. For what is Charles on trial?

2. Why did Pinkett suggest Charles get a new job?

3. Why does Nelson say that average men are not really men?

4. When Ginny apologizes for Paul to the narrator what does she accuse the narrator of doing?

5. Who reminded Rogers of a disturbance caused by Charles previously?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Harold's wife, Ruth, demand he do and if he doesn't follow through, what does she say will happen?

2. What does Clair talk about during her part of the dinner?

3. What does Ruth want to advise Harold to do and what does she do instead?

4. How does Leon describe his landlady?

5. Describe the Redeemer's friends as he sees them.

6. What does the narrator say to those who come to him telling him that anything not in the Bible is false?

7. Where does this story take place?

8. Why does the editor feel obliged to impose order on the piece of writing in front of him?

9. What does the narrator say that he is enough of a realist to accept?

10. What does the group of storytellers who Ginny joined consider themselves and what happens to change this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Elbow Room"- Do you believe the baby should be white and blind or black and self-blinded? Which is the better situation? Why do you feel that way?

Essay Topic 2

"The Story of a Scar"- In what ways does the woman believe men should think about women? How does this compare to how the narrator (a man) points out they do think about women? In what way do these ideas relate to how the story ends?

Essay Topic 3

"A Sense of Story" - In this story the judge demands that the rules of society apply to people of all races equally. Why was this a new concept? Do you think a judge would need to demand this today? Do you believe there is still racial inequality in the judicial system? Why or why not?

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