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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. Which story is about Evarts and Alice Malloy?

2. What does James Clancy begin to understand about Mr. Rowantree?

3. Where does Diana live?

4. What does Jim promise Irene?

5. Who will Clarissa be spending the summer with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between the Pomeroy children?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Irene hate the new radio?

8. Describe Cash's and Louise's marriage.

9. How is Baxter described?

10. What kind of a housekeeper is Rosemary?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "The Enormous Radio," describe the changes that occur in the character of Irene when she gets a new radio. Be sure to describe her life before the new and radio and her obsessions and attitude afterward.

Essay Topic 2

In "Goodbye My Brother," what kind of emotions does the Pomeroy family feel when Lawrence removes himself? Describe how these feelings are complicated because of their relationship with Lawrence.

Essay Topic 3

How does the father in "The Reunion" alienate others, especially his son? Why does he act the way he does?

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