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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 was Joan's brother?
2. What is Karin's relationship with the man in #97?
3. What rumor had Anita and Margot heard about one of Teresa's miscarriages?
4. Why does Matilda's mother reject Morris' offer to take Matilda to the school dance?
5. What profession did Anita enter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Anita learn about Margot when her mother visited her in the hospital after her appendix surgery?
2. Who is Jeanine and what is her purpose for being on the ship?
3. What story does the captain tell about two sister who once traveled on the ship?
4. Why has Anita come to her hometown and what does she recall about her childhood and about stopping for coffee with her friend, Margot, on their way to school?
5. How did Georgia meet Maya and Raymond as well as Hilda and Harvey? What secret does Georgia learn about the marriages of these two couples?
6. How did Margot get even with Reuel after his affair with their babysitter and manage to get all the things she had ever wanted in life?
7. Who is Matilda and what are the circumstances in which her mother is cruel to Morris?
8. Why would Austin have had good reasons--in his mind--to have committed suicide?
9. What is the symbolism of the red stained glass through which Joan views the world?
10. Give some examples of how the author uses the theme of escape in this story.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author uses more than one instance of irony in the book. Cite at least two other examples you can identify in the stories and note why they are examples of irony.
Essay Topic 2
Alice Munro is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphor, and irony, briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the role of the family in Munro's stories. What does it mean for some of the characters? How does the family evolve in its support of each other? How are some of the families fractured? Give examples.
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