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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. Where does Portia's mother lives?
2. What atypical behavior does Portia display at the party?
3. Why is Portia upset about Thanksgiving?
4. How old is Portia?
5. Who is Portia's mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Corinne tell Otto about Martin at her house on Thanksgiving? How does Otto react?
2. As Otto observes Sharon's sparse apartment, what does he realize about himself?
3. What does Otto think as he watches William with his nephews at Thanksgiving?
4. What was the first real indication to Otto and his siblings that Sharon had a psychological disorder?
5. What do Sharon and William discuss regarding time after William says he experienced deja vu?
6. Why does Portia cry at Corinne's on Thanksgiving? How do the other family members, including Otto, respond to her concern?
7. What reason does Sharon offer for not wanting to go to Corinne's for Thanksgiving?
8. What did Viola get Portia for her birthday? Why does Portia think it is not a great gift?
9. What does Otto wonder when William thought to bring Sharon flowers when they visited?
10. Why is Corinne concerned about Portia?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay comparing and contrasting Otto and William in "Some Other, Better Otto." What details help develop their character and what do these details tell you about them? What is their background? How do they know each other? How do they interact? In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Who is Portia? What theme or themes does her character represent? What does her character show the reader about Otto? How is this character important to the story?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examining symbolism in "Some Other, Better Otto." What symbols exist in the story and what might these symbols represent?
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