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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. When Brian saw Rolph on Break, what was Rolph writing?

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

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

4. Which of the following is one of the other workhouses in Brian's Region?

5. What does Brian usually do when he overhears someone say something he should report?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Describe the Room.

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

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

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

7. How did Rolph and Brian become friends?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that explores how the environment in which they live has affected the characters' mental health in "Ghoul." Support your claims with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that analyzes "Ghoul" as satire. Support your arguments with textual evidence.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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