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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 does the girl do with her diary at the end of "Absolution in the New Year"?

2. What does the salesman do while telling a story in "Not For Sale"?

3. How many children do the girl's grandparents have?

4. Who answers the door when the girl goes to study with Eugene?

5. Who says "not for sale" in "Not For Sale"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the girl do when she gets home from the party?

2. How did the girl's mother feel about her visit to the shop in "An Early Mystery"?

3. How does the library in "The Paterson Public Library" compare to the city it is in?

4. How does the girl describe life in her apartment building?

5. How did the girl feel about her visit to the shop in "An Early Mystery"?

6. What does the girl's family plan to do the day the president is shot?

7. In "How to Get a Baby", what part of nature helps perpetuate life?

8. How does the author use the Bible to describe Fidel Castro?

9. In "Lydia", how does the woman describe Lydia's tokens?

10. What happened when the girl slept in the same bed as her mother in "Fever"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does money impact the characters of this novel? Select four characters and describe their relationship with money and what money means to them. How are the characters economically limited or successful? How do the characters of this novel define their relationships with money?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator and other characters encounter prejudice throughout this novel. Examine three instances of prejudice that were seen in "The Latin Deli". Who was involved? What happened? What was the impact on the characters involved? What do you think the author is trying to say about prejudice?

Essay Topic 3

Describe three instances of folklore or legend that are used in "The Latin Deli". Define the genre and explain how it fits in among the lives of these characters. What is the value of folklore? How does the use of it define this novel?

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