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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 happens to the dominoes when the chain reaction is halted?

2. Why does the owner of the flower shop put the flower in "The Wallflower" behind all of the others?

3. What is the Scavenger Fish's job in "Burnout"?

4. Who debates his idea of psychoanalysis in "Tradition"?

5. What happens when the Scavenger Fish quits her job?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Panic", how is the dominoes' chain reaction stopped?

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

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

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

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

6. What does the line "something might evolve" at the end of "Symbiosis" mean?

7. How does Edwin H. Friedman compare humans to reptiles in the introduction to Part 4?

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

9. What is the purpose of the screen in "Narcissus" and why does it fail?

10. Why do the island inhabitants in "Attachment" decide to change their ways after the shipwrecked man leaves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the term climax and decide where the point of climax is within the plot of one of the fables. Explain how the event fits the definition of climax and site examples from the book.

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 role do good intentions play in Edwin Friedman's stories? Choose three stories and show how good intentions fail when there is no communication.

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