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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 does Rosemary talk to Amy about?

2. What story revolves around the Pomeroy family?

3. Where does James Clancy get a job?

4. What is the title of the story about Amy Lawton?

5. What is Lawrence's childhood nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of a housekeeper is Rosemary?

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

3. What is Cash's wife's life like?

4. Describe the shared love of Irene and Jim Westcott.

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

6. What type of parents are the Lawtons, in "The Sorrows of Gin?"

7. Why does Blake fire his secretary in "The Five Forty-Eight?"

8. In "O City of Broken Dreams," how do the Malloys react to interest in the play Evarts has written?

9. What does Laura do when she becomes pregnant?

10. What becomes evident about Lawrence at Laud's Head?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the narrator's outlook on life and her neighbors lives in "The Worm in the Apple?"

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Compare and contrast the difference in emotions that drive Charlie when he leaves and comes back to his family.

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