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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. Who lives in Mrs. Casper's attic?

2. What does Darma maintain about the short story form?

3. What does Darma consider the most important aspect of storytelling?

4. In "The Family M," who is Marion?

5. In "The Man With No Name," whose house does the narrator move into?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what decade did Darma attend university?

2. What was Darma most anxious about during his studies?

3. Which author did Darma write his PhD dissertation about?

4. Who lives in Mrs. Casper's attic?

5. Who does the narrator of "The Family M" watch from his window?

6. Who owns a gun in "The Old Man with No Name"?

7. What illness does Joshua have in "Joshua Karabish"?

8. In "Joshua Karabish," what does Joshua's mother ask the narrator to do for her?

9. Whose house does the narrator of "The Old Man with No Name" move into?

10. In "The Family M," who is Martin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the stories deal with people's relationships with their neighbors. Write an essay discussing the relationship between neighbors in one of this collection's stories. What is the nature of this relationship? Is it positive or negative?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay depicting the relationship between the narrator and the Meek family in "The Family M." What does the narrator make of this family, and how and why does his opinion of them change by the end of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing the theme of sabotage. Throughout several stories certain characters seek to sabotage or greatly inconvenience the lives of other people around them. What motivates such characters? Are they successful in their attempts to sabotage the lives of others? (i.e. the narrator in "Yorrick," the narrator in "The Family M," the narrator in "Charles Lebourne").

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