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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 period does Csilla’s proposed novel take place in?

2. Who is a character in François’ play?

3. What does the alien look like in "Impatient Griselda"?

4. In "Impatient Griselda," how does the alien leave quarantine?

5. In "Impatient Griselda," how does the alien speak English?

Short Essay Questions

1. In “First Aid,” what does the opening scene look like?

2. What is Orwell’s perspective on female writers?

3. What does Csilla look like?

4. Why does Lynne not cut Csilla off?

5. What do the aliens provide at the beginning of the story to the humans?

6. How does the phone call between Jason and Lynne go?

7. In "My Evil Mother," what is the narrator’s mother’s backstory with Miss. Scace?

8. What happens between the narrator and her mother during her father’s funeral?

9. What happened between the narrator and her boyfriend Brian?

10. What happens to Smudgie while Nell and Tig are away in Ireland?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing how Atwood’s use of backstory helps illustrate the struggles of growing older in "Old Babes in the Wood." What effect does comparing moments from the past to moments of the present have? What larger themes is Atwood trying to get at?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the relationship between narration and storytelling. How does narration affect your interpretation of the characters in "Two Scorched Men" and/or "Metempsychosis."

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the narrator and her mother’s attitude toward parenting in "My Evil Mother." Do you believe the narrator resembles her mother at the end of the story? If so, what point do you think Atwood is trying to make?

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