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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 animal does Pepe see on his first night out after the killing?

2. Who does Laura owe her position to?

3. Where does Tory visit her son?

4. Where does John Ferris wake up?

5. What kind of team does Squawks Magrew manage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does William's character contrast from that of his wife's in "Marriage A La Mode"?

2. How is "You Could Look It Up" told?

3. What does Laura betray in "Flowering Judas" and how?

4. Describe Stella.

5. What question does "The Use of Force" ask?

6. How does Pepe believe he has become a man?

7. How does Christian Darling essentially lose his wife?

8. Briefly describe the Freudian theme in "My Oedipal Complex."

9. What does Allan Cedar need to do in order to be happy?

10. How does the woman in "Cruel and Barbarious Treatment" use adultery, and what is the result?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"A Country Love Story" is a story about loneliness. How is the theme of loneliness reflected in the story? What causes May's loneliness? How does loneliness affect May? Remember to answer each question with support from the story.

Essay Topic 2

In "The Egg," success and failure are prominent themes. What failures and successes are shown in the story? What does the egg represent? How does the egg reflect the story's themes of success and failure? Remember to answer each question with support from the story.

Essay Topic 3

In every story, there is a plot, which includes a climax, and that is no different in "Virga Vay & Allan." Discuss the events of the story leading up to the climax. What does the climax of the story demonstrate? Remember to answer each question with support from the story.

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