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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. Miss Dobie recites a poem about a girl named ________________.

2. What does Almeda wonder when she hears the sounds in the night?

3. Who does Almeda see slumped against her fence in the morning?

4. Who was Hazel's husband?

5. Brenda's lover tells her about a/an _______________ family which moved to his hometown.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why has Hazel decided to travel to a town in Scotland and who does she meet right away when she arrives?

5. What does Brenda realize about her relationship with Neil after their first fight regarding the sweet shop girl?

6. What is the premise of "Meneseteung"?

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

8. Why is the affair with Neil so important to Brenda?

9. How did Flora try to mend the relationship with the narrator's mother, and what does the narrator think about how well she knew her own mother?

10. What role does Murray's paranoia play in the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a character study of Flora Grieves in "Friend of My Youth". What are her physical characteristics? What are her motivations? What are her fears? What are her dreams? What else can you say about Flora?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Choose three characters from different stories and then project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for their lives. Be sure to include geography, marital status, work, socialization, etc.

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