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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 does the author suggest is the issue with communicating at the start of Part 2?
2. What does the baby bird in "Soaring" refuse to give his parents satisfaction over?
3. What distracts the moth in ""Round in Circles"?
4. When, in "Projection", do Billy's parents decide to take him to a doctor?
5. What happens to the plant at the end of "An American Holly"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the man's attitude in "An American Holly" change from beginning to end?
2. Why is the lamb afraid of the tiger in "The Friendly Forest"? What is her friend's advice?
3. How does the main character of "The Power of Belief" demonstrate the title?
4. What do Faust and Oedipus debate in the Interlude?
5. What does the report in "Raising Cain: A Case History of the First Family" study?
6. Why does Billy act the way he does in "Projection" and why is he frustrated with his parents?
7. What is the conclusion of the report in "Raising Cain: A Case History of the First Family"?
8. Why are Billy's parents afraid of him in the story "Projection"?
9. How is John treated by others in "Nervous Condition" and why?
10. What is the common moral in "An American Holly" and "The Power of Belief"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the relationship between baby bird and his parents. What role does each person fill in the other person's life? Demonstrate how this relationship helps the author arrive at the moral of the story, "Soaring".
Essay Topic 2
Define the term protagonist and identify who you believe is the protagonist in one of Edwin Friedman's stories. Supply evidence from the book that supports your argument. Then define the term antagonist and identify the antagonist in the same story. Use evidence from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the relationship between the two men in the story "The Bridge". How does the author use the idea of responsibility in another story? Compare and contrast the two stories.
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