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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. In "Orez," why does Hester ask her husband to physically harm her?

2. How many of Stevick's children died in "Orez"?

3. In "Charles Lebourne," what does Lebourne confess to the narrator?

4. Who wants to have an abortion in "Orez"?

5. Why do Hester and the narrator of "Orez" move apartments constantly?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Orez," who is Stevick?

2. In "Orez," who is Hester?

3. How does the narrator of "Mrs. Elberhart" discover Mrs. Elberhart?

4. Why does the narrator of "Yorrick" slash people's tires?

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

6. Who is Yorrick?

7. Why does Mrs. Elberhart end up in the hospital?

8. What is Primo?

9. Why does Hester want her husband to hurt her in "Orez"?

10. Who attempts to kill Orez?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the narrator's feelings toward his housemates and neighbors in "Yorrick." Why does he come to resent them so much? How do they make him feel?

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 narrator's intentions regarding the old man in "The Old Man with No Name." Why is the narrator so intent of befriending the man? What does his persistence in that endeavor say about his personality, life, or beliefs?

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