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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Almeda content?

2. Section 6 is told via what format?

3. The first news clipping in Section 6 reports Almeda's ______________ and death.

4. What does the narrator hope to find at the end of the story?

5. How does the narrator first discover Almeda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study on Almeda. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point in her life?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does Munro use the setting she does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Go back in time ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Almeda and Jarvis. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.

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