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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. In "Flying Lessons," what one activity do Santosh and his grandmotther do together?

2. In "Main Street," where did the narrator's parents meet?

3. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what does the narrator say is the reason the uncle knows so much about Bigfoot?

4. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," who is Mr. Olley?

5. In "Main Street," why is the mother allowed to curse but the narrator is not, according to the narrator's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Main Street," what has happened to the narrator's mother?

2. In "Flying Lessons," who does Santosh meet at the beach?

3. In "Seventy-Six Dollars," how does Monk imagine he got superpowers?

4. In "Seventy-Six Dollars," Monk's superpowers help him get what he wants from Angel, but they also prevent him from getting what he wants from her. How?

5. In "Seventy-Six Dollars," how does Monk convince Angel Carter he has superpowers?

6. In "Main Street," how is it that Celeste came to live in Peterborough?

7. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," why does the narrator's dad always seem so quiet?

8. In "Choctaw Bigfoot," what does the narrator's mother tell him about his uncle?

9. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what happened to put the narrator in a wheelchair?

10. In "Main Street," why does the narrator lose her old friends once Celeste arrives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explain how the structure of "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains" influences the messages the writer is trying to convey.

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, discuss what role Lin Po's poem plans in "The Difficult Path." How does Po define this path? What is this path for the narrator, and does she succeed in walking it?

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, consider how the title "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push" relates to the story itself. What does it literally mean? What does it mean metaphorically? How does it set up the writer's theme(s)?

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