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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 Leonard's complaint about lunch?

2. Who does Tom Frame portray when he is working?

3. What is implied about Amy when she tells the crowd that Brian informed on Tom "To me. Just now. Immediately" (11)?

4. On page 10, what phrase is used to describe statements like Tom's about the Visitors?

5. On page 12, what does Amy tell Brian is her motivation for protecting him from the consequences of his crime?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Brian tell the reader that they are usually "swamped" with Visitors, and what does this imply about the relationship between narrator and reader?

6. How did Rolph and Brian become friends?

7. Who does Brian see mating in the Room, and why is he surprised?

8. What is in Tom's note to Brian, and how does Brian react to the note?

9. Describe the Room.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes the ways in which Brian's critical thinking is compromised by his environment. Support your claims with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of the letters and other written artifacts in "Ghoul." Be sure to defend your ideas with textual evidence.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you analyze Brian's loneliness and its role in driving the plot forward. Support your assertions with evidence from the text.

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