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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. Who had been Ellie's nurse?

2. In the poem recited by Miss Dobie, the girl's lover was taken away by ______________.

3. Why had the girl in #64 gone to live with Miss Dobie?

4. To whom does Miss Dobie seem to be directing the poem?

5. Who is the narrator of "Meneseteung"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the town's attitude about the poor people in town?

2. What was the relationship between the narrator's mother, and Flora after the narrator's mother moved away to marry and start a family?

3. What is the content of a poem told by Miss Dobie that seems to be directed at Judy?

4. How did the generation gap separate the narrator and her mother and what conclusion does she come to regarding how well she knew her own mother?

5. Why would Murray have secretly wanted Barbara to have had an affair?

6. What is life like for women in Almeda's town?

7. What are Brenda's conflicting feelings about the fight with Neil?

8. Who is Miss Dobie and what is her housekeeper, Judy's, reaction at seeing that Antoinette has driven Hazel instead of Dudley?

9. What is the theme of this story?

10. Who is Flora Grieves, and how did the narrator's mother know her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several of Munro's stories are classic stories of loss and renewal. What does that classification entail? Why do some of the stories fit into this category? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of women in Canada in the late-20th century when the women in the stories are living their lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have?

Essay Topic 3

Create a character study of Hetty Pennefather in "An Old Woman and Her Cat". What are her physical characteristics? What are her motivations? What are her fears? What are her dreams? What else can you say about Hetty?

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