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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. Where does "After the Storm" take place?

2. Who brings the wife the cat that is in the rain?

3. Where does 'Cat in the Rain' take place?

4. What kind of people stay at the Luarca hotel?

5. What are two prostitutes arguing about in "Light of the World"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the young couple reveal to the older American woman as the train stops?

2. How does Nick feel about his life in 'Big Two-Hearted River'?

3. What does the American wife do when she hears a cat caught in the rain?

4. What happens on the first day of Francis Macomber's hunting trip?

5. What happens when Turner catches up with William Campbell?

6. How does the American couple feel about the trip Peduzzi takes them on, and why?

7. What does Jim do with Liz after returning from his hunting trip?

8. How do Bill and Nick feel about Nick's ended relationship with Marjorie?

9. What does the narrator tell the old man at the bridge to do, and why does he not listen?

10. Why does the patient want to be castrated, and what happens to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a major motivating factor for a number of characters in these stories. Which characters are most affected by this, and what are some of the different ways this fear is manifested?

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of father and son relationships written about in these stories. Choose some of these to compare and contrast. How are they different? How are they similar?

Essay Topic 3

There were a number of unfair restrictions discussed in these stories. What are some of these restrictions, and how does their presence affect the stories they are discussed in?

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