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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 are the earrings made of that the narrator buys in "Cloudland"?

2. What does Lois suffer from, in "Cloudland"?

3. In "The Second Seating," what type of cheese is on the salad the narrator and her friends have?

4. What month is it in "Cloudland"?

5. What type of Girl Scout cookies does the narrator buy, in "Cloudland"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Cloudland," what happens to the man arrested for sexual abuse?

2. In "Cloudland," what is the narrator's job, and what are some of her job duties?

3. How does the narrator describe a painting titled "Water Damage," and how does the narrator like the painting?

4. What does the white cross commemorate that is on the grassy median where the narrator turns to get to her house in "Cloudland"?

5. In "The Second Seating," what do the narrator and friends have to eat and drink?

6. What advice does the wife of the narrator's attacker ask in "The Correct Grip," and what advice does the narrator give?

7. What does the narrator in "Water Damage" learn about the home where she had her baby?

8. Where was the most beautiful yard the narrator ever had, and what does she say it was like in this part of "Cloudland"?

9. How did the narrator of "Cloudland" compare her experiences when she had her baby with the experiences of women a hundred years ago?

10. In "The Correct Grip," what happened to a friend of the narrator?

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

The narrator in “Cloudland” had a baby when she was a teenager. How has the birth of the child affected the narrator’s emotional state throughout her life? When does the narrator begin to realize that she has been carrying the trauma and pain from the birth ever since? How does this realization help the narrator let go of the past?

Essay Topic 3

The house in “Cloudland” is decaying and needs a lot of repairs. In what way is the house an analogy for the narrator’s state of mind?

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