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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 are the dominoes in a panic about?

2. What causes a person to live his life in chains according to the introduction of Part 3?

3. Who is Ms. Mary Muffet in the story "Caught in Her Own Web"?

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

5. In the story "Burnout" , where does the Scavenger Fish live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is the shipwrecked man uncomfortable on the island in "Attachment" ?

5. What is interesting about the character names in "Caught in Her Own Web"?

6. Why is the woman in "The Magic Ring" heartbroken at the start of the story?

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

8. What does the man throw away at the end of "The Magic Ring" and why is this significant?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the setting effect the reader's experience of the story? Does it matter that the story is set in another country or a magical place? Describe the setting of the story of you choice and explain how it is intertwined with the plot.

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

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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