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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 type of writing is the first part of "Symbiosis"?

2. What is so rare about the web in "Caught in Her Own Web"?

3. How does the stepmom react to Cinderella's father's interest in her?

4. Who comes out of the therapist's office in "Jean and Jane" ?

5. What replaces the Scavenger Fish in "Burnout"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What historical figures appear in "Tradition" and what is their role in society?

2. How does perfection lead to Ms. Muffet's death in "Caught in Her Own Web"?

3. What is the relationship between Bacterium and Virus in "Symbiosis"?

4. In the story "The Lesson", what is the significance of the two people holding the wife down being called parents?

5. What document does Moses sign at the end of "Tradition" and how does he change it?

6. What does Edwin H. Friedman suggest leads humans to be chained in the introduction to Part 3?

7. What does Jean learn about Jane in "Jean and Jane" and what is significant about it?

8. Why is the flower in the story "The Wallflower" constantly worried about her looks?

9. What happens to the flower at the end of "The Wallflower"?

10. Why are the historical figures in "Tradition" worried?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the magic ring? This is the only reference to magic in Edwin Friedman's stories. What might this example of magic say about Friedman's beliefs on magic?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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