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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 is the narrator in "A Day's Wait" related to the boy?

2. What is the man in the restaurant spraying the people with in "The Butterfly and the Tank"?

3. Where are Robert and Helena traveling in "The Strange Country"?

4. What is Al's profession?

5. How long has the matador's mother been buried?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Mr. Harris is eating at a train station restaurant?

2. Why does the man in "Get a Seeing-Eyed Dog" ask his wife to leave him?

3. What happens to the man spraying cologne in "The Butterfly and the Tank"?

4. What makes Stevie's father disappointed in him?

5. What does the job that the narrator holds entail in "Black Ass at the Cross Roads"?

6. What happens to Paco in "Under the Ridge"?

7. How does Maria act when she is captured in "Nobody Ever Dies"?

8. How does Mr. Wheeler keep contact with his son, and how do Stevie's doctor's feel about his progress in the mental institution?

9. Why does the boy in "A Day's Wait" think he is going to die, and how is he calmed down?

10. What does Jimmy do while his father is still sleeping in "The Porter"?

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 were many characters in these stories who were manipulated and persuaded to do things they did not want to do. What are some of these instances, and how are those characters affected by the manipulation?

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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