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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. What is the name of the main female character in "Offerings?"

2. What is the name of the chef in "Deportation at Breakfast?"

3. One customer leaves ____ as a tip.

4. The boy uses two of his three wishes to change which of the following:

5. How long has the couple been apart?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the man so distraught in "The Paring Knife?"

2. Discuss the findings of the parents in "The Sewers of Salt Lake."

3. What happens to the babies in "The Parents?"

4. Discuss Jane's attitude in "Jane." What does Jane do instead of follow her parents' orders?

5. Girl: Discuss some of the items that the girl must learn to do in the home.

6. Discuss what might happen after the owner finds the dead rabbit in "Here's Another Ending."

7. What realization does the widow come to in regards to her missing husband?

8. In "Fear: Four Examples," explain the main source of the man's fear regarding his daughter.

9. Vines: Discuss the man's main issue in "Vines" and what he says to his wife. How does the wife respond?

10. Discuss the scene in the restaurant in "Deportation at Breakfast."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "Girl," a girl's mother gives her daughter a very long list of things to do and not to do in order to behave like and become a "proper lady." Review each item on the list. Is it applicable to current day standards? Explain. Update the list to remove archaic ideas, update those that need to be changed to reflect modern culture, and add items that are appropriate today.

Essay Topic 2

It is said that people have muscle memory from activities they have done before, even if it is something that occurred long ago. This brings about the old saying, "It's just like riding a bike." Discuss the dancing bears in "Brilliant Silence." Do you think muscle memory applies to the bears' descendants? Is it possible? Is there some genetic marker that causes the young bears to dance? Is it simply learned behavior? If it is learned behavior, how and why are the young bears affected by the full moon?

Essay Topic 3

here are two poems that deal with trains: "Love Poems" and "The Burlington Northern, Southbound." Discuss the use of trains as imagery and how the inspire each author. Also discuss trains as a metaphor and how they are or are not appropriate to the stories. Research and find other poems using trains, e.g., Alan Ginsberg's "Sunflower Sutra," to compare and contrast. Which is the best use of a train as an inspiration and/or image?

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