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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 is the "DisaHole" (5)?

2. What is the name of Brian's workhouse?

3. What are Visitors called in VICTORIAN WEEKEND?

4. Why does Leonard get to sit down while the others squat?

5. What accent is Ann Frame expected to use at her job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the source of Ann and Tom Frame's marital troubles?

2. How do Brian's feelings about Amy change over the course of their time together in the Room?

3. Describe the Room.

4. Where does the story open, and what is happening?

5. What indication is there in the text that Brian's interpretation of "friendship" might be different from the reader's?

6. What is ironic about Tom's behavior when Amy confronts him about the letter?

7. In what way does Brian participate in Rolph's death, and how does he feel about it?

8. Explain the etiquette that governs how workers react to others "mating" in the Room.

9. How does Tom Frame end up committing a crime, and how does Brian react?

10. On page 7, what does Brian find when he rushes from the creek over to Bowling to see what the commotion is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the significance of the story's title. Offer evidence from the text to support your assertions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of the floods and other periodic inconveniences experienced by the community in "Ghoul." Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore the layers of meaning in Saunders' use of an amusement park as a setting for "Ghoul." Offer evidence from the text to support your claims.

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