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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 wants to have an abortion in "Orez"?

2. In "Yorrick," who is engaged at the end of the story?

3. What does the narrator of "Yorrick" try to bring to a potluck?

4. In "Mrs. Elberhart," what is Primo?

5. What does Stevick make the narrator of "Orez" promise to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was always getting Mrs. Elberhart sick when she was married?

2. Why does the narrator hate Yorrick?

3. What does the narrator of "Yorrick" want to bring to a neighborhood potluck?

4. What does Stevick tell the narrator of "Orez" about his children?

5. Why is the narrator so curious about Charles Lebourne?

6. In "Yorrick," who is Mrs. Ellison?

7. Who attempts to kill Orez?

8. In "Charles Lebourne," what is Tulip Tree?

9. In "Charles Lebourne," how does the narrator's mother describe Lebourne?

10. Whose father owns a sword in "Orez"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the relationship between the narrator and Mrs. Elberhart in "Mrs. Elberhart." What is the nature of this relationship? Is it positive or negative?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay discussing the character of Orez in the story "Orez." What kind of person is Orez, and what affect does he have on his parents?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing the relationship between the narrator and his neighbors in "The Old Man with No Name." What does the narrator make of his neighbors? What effect does living on Fess Avenue have on him?

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