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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 did the annual phone book come out, according to the narrator in "Mood Memory"?

2. Where does Michael agree to stop to eat as he, Liz, and Marlon leave the city in "Escape from New York"?

3. Melinda tells Bill that she and Aggie are shacked up on the hill by what in "Meet the President!"?

4. Where is the only place Mike and his family ever went together on vacation in “Big Week”?

5. What what weapon does the tall man kill King Frog in "Two Men Arrive in a Village"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are three examples of symbolism in "Escape from New York" and what do they represent?

2. Why is setting important in “Meet the President!”?

3. How does the author describe time in the titular segment of "Mood"?

4. What is the inciting event in "Escape from New York"? How does this event set the plot of the story into motion?

5. What is the central theme in "Two Men Arrive in a Village"? How is the theme demonstrated?

6. How is Roberta described in "Mood"?

7. What role does setting play in "Two Men Arrive in a Village"?

8. What is the importance of setting in “Kelso Deconstructed”?

9. How is Raphael described in "Mood"?

10. How is Bill Peek described in “Meet the President!”? What is he doing when his character is introduced?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the plot structure of "Sentimental Education." What is the inciting incident in the story? Where is its climax? What information is related in the falling action and denouement of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the three main characters in “Escape from New York.” Who were these individuals in real life? Why has the author chosen to depict them in this narrative? How does the author depict the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the author's use of allegory and parable in Grand Union. What stories in the anthology are allegories? What stories are parables? What moral lessons are related in these tales? Why does the author choose this style?

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