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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. The protagonist of "Catch and Release" is a fisherman and what?
2. What does the protagonist bite the head off of in "Blood"?
3. What does Abe gradually do throughout "Weights and Measures"?
4. Who asks Calum MacInnes to be a guide in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains"?
5. Abe and his wife are devastated over whose death in "Weights and Measures"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Juvenal meet Iridia in "Juvenal Nyx"? What impact does this encounter have on him?
2. How does the dwarf trick Calum in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains"? Why?
3. How do the actions of the protagonist develop over time in "Blood"? What is the outcome of the story?
4. What holiday does Kane awake upon in "Unbelief"? What does he discover?
5. Who are the men described in the beginning of "Unbelief"? What interaction do they have?
6. How were the brothers of "Fossil-Figures" described upon their birth?
7. Where do the villagers take Mallon in "Mallon The Guru"? What do they ask him to do?
8. What does Tom confess to Deel while hunting in "The Stars are Falling"? What happens next?
9. What is Lukas the god over in "Wildfire in Manhattan"? How is his history described?
10. What are the last two secrets of the dwarf in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains"? How does he leave Calum?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the characters and setting of "Blood." Why is Vera's husband not given a name in the story?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of "revenge" in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains." What symbolism and imagery support this theme? How?
Essay Topic 3
Identify and analyze the exposition, rising action, climax and denouement of "The Therapist." How is irony defined and how does it apply to the story's ending?
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