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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. Why does Charles's lawyer want his crime to be called manslaughter?

2. How does Rogers characterize Charles's talent?

3. About what does the woman who sits next to the Fosters complain?

4. Which of the following characters is described as obviously successful if not wealthy?

5. Which of the following is not something the Asians report missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Foster's doing because it was recommended and because they are tired of tourism?

2. What happens when Charles interrupts his attorney's summation?

3. What does Charles do that is unlike Detroit-born mechanics and what does he think will happen as a result of this?

4. When Mrs. Richards bets a woman is fattening Louis up for the fry, about what does Louis think?

5. Describe the character Clair as seen through Louis's eyes.

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

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

8. What does Jed Jones say happened after he heard the shots?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"A Sense of Story"- Why do you think Charles confessed at the beginning of the story? Do you believe the conflict between Charles and the victim ran deeper? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

"A Loaf of Bread" - Of what are Brown and the white bread symbolic? Who do you think was right, Nelson, Harold, or neither? Why do you think this way?

Essay Topic 3

"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?

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