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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 character on the train in “Anne” is described as a “fat hunched man with the greasy black whiskers and gaudy chain”?andrew
2. What Jacky’s last name in “The Wife’s Story”?
3. Robert is said to have what profession in “The Wife’s Story”?
4. When Mrs. Palmer returns from walking in the woods, Susan tells her she must take “four grains of quinine and” what when going to bed in “Anne”?
5. The narrator learns in “The Wife’s Story” that her husband’s first wife was addicted to what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Mrs. Palmer encounters George Forbes on the train in “Anne”?
2. How would you describe the character of Hester in “The Wife’s Story”? What information is established about Hester in the opening of the story?
3. What conflict arises in “The Wife’s Story” relating to Hester’s musical ambitions?
4. What does Hester discover about her husband after she’s left him in “The Wife’s Story”?
5. When and why did Hester’s marriage begin to change in “The Wife’s Story”?
6. What happens to Mrs. Palmer in the denouement of “Anne”?
7. What does Hester do after leaving her family in “The Wife’s Story”?
8. How is Hester’s departure from her family described in “The Wife’s Story”?
9. What was the ultimate changing point in the marriage between Hester and Dr. Manning in “The Wife’s Story”?
10. What does the narrator note about the character of Mrs. Palmer in the ending of “Anne”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the setting of “Life in the Iron Mills.” Where in the United States does the story take place? What river is described as rolling by the town? What era historically does the narrative take place in? What role does the setting play in the story’s subject and themes?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the trial and sentencing of Hugh Wolfe in the narrative. Why did Hugh refuse a lawyer? Who was appointed to represent him? Do you think this lawyer did an adequate job? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Poverty and Oppression in Life in the Iron Mills and Other Stories
a. Discuss the theme of oppression seen in “Life in the Iron Mills.” What is the origin of this oppression? Is the antagonist of the story a person or a concept?
b. How does the theme of oppression apply to “The Wife’s Story” and “Anne”? In what ways are the protagonists of these stories oppressed?
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