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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. In his letter, Rolph uses the word "verboten" (23). What does this word mean?

2. Why does Rolph not worry that Edgar will read his letter?

3. What city does Brian believe his community lives underneath?

4. What does Brian's ghoul costume indicate that his character did before his death?

5. When the Monitors suggest that Brian inform on Amy in order to save himself, what does he do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the bodies of dead workers are disposed of.

2. After finding out what Brian knows, what choice do the Monitors give him, and what decision does he make?

3. Who is Edgar Spengler, and what items does he give Brian?

4. What puzzles Brian about the air, water, electricity, and food that they use in the underground community?

5. What is the Slough?

6. When Brian goes to look for Amy in Dining, what does he think when he sees Jim, and why?

7. What does Mr. Regis say during the funeral for the workers who have been killed?

8. What important information does Brian learn from Rolph's letter?

9. When Brian realizes that there are no Visitors coming, what people does he think about, and what does he realize about them?

10. How is Brian feeling when he first heads over to Dining to look for Amy, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes the purpose of the exposition about the "Slough" (24-25). Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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

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