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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. How old is the daughter of the family who adopts the pit bull named Charlie in "A Full Service Shelter"?

2. In "The Chicane," what nationality is the actor who is in a film the narrator goes to see?

3. Where does the narrator of "Greed" hide a surveillance camera?

4. How does the carver attach the pelt to an orphan lamb?

5. From what culture does the proverb come from in "Sing to It"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the dogs put down?

2. What tape did Macario receive after Lauryn died?

3. What does the narrator do when Syd returns in "I Stay with Syd"?

4. Who does Mrs. Greed remind the narrator's husband of?

5. Why did Lauryn try to commit suicide in Madrid, and why did she survive?

6. How does the narrator treat the death-row dogs?

7. How does the narrator spy on her husband and Mrs. Greed?

8. What does the narrator know about being angry about the affair in "Greed"?

9. In "The Chicane," what does the narrator say about going to a film?

10. What do the dogs know about the narrator and other volunteers regarding food?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Emotional distance can interfere with a relationship. In what way are relationships in “The Chicane” superficial? How are the characters emotionally distant from one another? How does emotional distance interfere with the relationship characters have with one another?

Essay Topic 2

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of the stories and the book?

Essay Topic 3

In “Cloudland,” the narrator used to teach at a girls’ school. What caused the narrator to lose her teaching job? What does her mistake reveal about the narrator’s ability to use good judgement? Why does the narrator struggle to make good decisions?

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