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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 "The Orphan Lamb," where does the carver wipe the blood?

2. In "I Stay with Syd," how often does the narrator move to the house at the beach?

3. In "Fort Bedd," what does the narrator think about when things go wrong?

4. In "Fort Bedd," how does the narrator open the curtains sometimes?

5. In "The Chicane," How did Lauryn and Macario meet ?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the narrator and other volunteers handle injuries they receive from handling the dogs?

2. How did Lauryn and Macario spend the summer they were married?

3. What was the Presa Canarios, and why was the narrator afraid of the breed?

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

5. Why do Syd and the narrator have to leave the theater before the movie is over, in "I Stay with Syd"?

6. What does the narrator say about the affair between Syd and a married man?

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

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

9. What are the dolls like in the "Doll Tornado"?

10. At the beginning of "I Stay with Syd," what does the narrator say about Syd's married man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapters have title headings. What are some of the titles of chapters? Do they provide much information about what will happen in a story? Are some of the titles spoilers?

Essay Topic 2

The protagonist in a story is the hero, and the antagonist is the person who usually causes the most conflicts for the protagonist. In “A Full Service Shelter,” is there more than one protagonist or antagonist? What conflicts does the protagonist have to deal with that is caused by the antagonist? How do those conflicts affect the plot?

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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