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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 Laughing Man subsist on?
2. What needs $400 to be repaired?
3. Who does The Laughing Man speak to in the forest?
4. Who is crying because she wants to be told she is a nice girl in the story, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut?
5. What does the Chief drive?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who speaks the most during the story, Just Before the War with the Eskimos, and from who's point of view is the story told?
2. Why is Mary Jane part of the story, Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut?
3. What makes the reader think that perhaps Eric is not allowed into the military because he is homosexual?
4. What is wrong physically with Ramona?
5. What happens with Seymour and the trees?
6. What indications does the reader have in the beginning of the story, Just Before the War with the Eskimos, that it is about a wealthy group of people?
7. What does Franklin do to make Ginnie look at him in a positive light?
8. Why is the setting appropriate for the story, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut?
9. Why is the reader uncertain whether Seymour is going to shoot himself, Muriel or both when he grabs the pistol out of the suitcase?
10. What do Walt and Jimmy Jimmereeno have in common in the story Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does the narrator in De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period feel the need to lie about so many details in the letter of application for the art teaching position? Explore the reasons why he continues the lies upon arrival as well.
Essay Topic 2
Dialogue is used heavily throughout the book. Cite examples of the use of dialogue that are especially memorable. Why is dialogue so important to this short story collection? How does it help the reader? What does dialogue keep from the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss irony as a theme throughout the Nine Stories collection. How is it used to create suspense, power and other emotions that are meant to draw the reader into the stories?
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