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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 do the bird couple in "Soaring" feel about their youngest?

2. What does the family doctor ask the man in "The Power of Belief"?

3. What distracts the moth in ""Round in Circles"?

4. How does the person the man encounters on the bridge feel the man is acting?

5. What are the birds in "Soaring" looking forward to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the end of "Soaring".

2. What is Edwin H. Friedman's relationship to his characters?

3. Why are Billy's parents afraid of him in the story "Projection"?

4. How does the man's attitude in "An American Holly" change from beginning to end?

5. What does Oedipus argue is the best way for humans to find truth?

6. How does the man in "An American Holly" treat his holly plant?

7. Why does the man on the rope in "The Bridge" think the first man is being selfish?

8. Why is the lamb afraid of the tiger in "The Friendly Forest"? What is her friend's advice?

9. What does the report in "Raising Cain: A Case History of the First Family" study?

10. How does the interlude end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is an interlude and how does the author use this in his book? What point do the characters in the interlude carry over from the first part of the collection to the second part?

Essay Topic 2

What role do animals play in the author's stories? Define anthropomorphism and choose two stories where this is used. Why does the author choose to use animals as characters?

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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