View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose dream comes true in ‘This Person’?

2. Who is Potato?

3. Who does the main character in ‘This Person’ see at a park?

4. Who is the narrator of 'Majesty' obsessed with?

5. Who sits with Vincent on the patio one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Belvedere?

2. How old is the narrator in 'The Sister'?

3. Why does Victor pretend to have a sister in 'The Sister'?

4. Who is Victor?

5. Who does the narrator have sex with in 'The Sister'?

6. Who does Victor do drugs with in 'The Sister'?

7. What is QuakeKare?

8. Why does the protagonist do at the end of 'This Person'?

9. Why does the protagonist leave a party in 'This Person'?

10. Who is Potato?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss the book's depictions of sexuality, particularly female sexuality. In what points of the collection do characters contend with their own sexuality, and in what ways? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the theme of family in the book. What do the stories that deal with familial relationships suggest the concept of family (i.e. what makes a family? Who should one consider family? What makes family relationships complicated?).

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore the themes of isolation. Who experiences isolation, and in what ways? How does this experience impact them and their behavior and beliefs? Use examples from the text to support your thinking.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 455 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample