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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 is Laud's Head?

2. What does James Clancy assume about Mr. Rowantree?

3. The Whittmores want to have two of what?

4. What does Jim promise Irene?

5. Whose fight prompts a call to police?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the background of the relationship between Ralph and Laura Whittemore?

2. What is the relationship between the Pomeroy children?

3. What are the Pomeroys feelings about seeing each other at Laud's Head?

4. How do Ralph and Laura Whittemore feel about money?

5. Why is Ralph trying to get new jobs and promotions?

6. Who does the Pomeroy family consist of?

7. What baffles Clancy when he ends up in the hospital?

8. Who are the Crutchmans in "The Worm in the Apple?"

9. How does Cash feel about his former days as a track star in "O Youth and Beauty?"

10. Why does Irene hate the new radio?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Mr. Lawton come to the realization that he is hurting his daughter, and how did she have to suffer before her father learned that lesson?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Laura's feelings about money at the end of the story with Ralph's. Is Laura happy and content? What about Ralph?

Essay Topic 3

Define enigma and give an example of a character from Cheever's stories who embodies this literary term.

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