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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. How long have Charlie and his wife been married?

2. Where does Marlon Brando appear in the book?

3. How does Mr. Seton view the life of a poet?

4. What happened to the lower half of Donna's father's body?

5. Who starts drinking more than usual toward the end of the story in "The Scarlet Moving Van"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cheever feel about Marlon Brando?

2. What does Donna Carla think of all of the rumors around her?

3. Why does the man in The Chimera have sour feelings about his wife?

4. How does the Assunta respond to the old woman in "Montraldo"?

5. How has Marcie moved on with her life by the time Charlie returns?

6. Whose inheritance is the subject of "The Lowboy" and why?

7. Why do Peaches and Gee Gee have to move once a year?

8. How does the son in the "Reunion" feel about seeing his father?

9. Why does Charlie run away from Marcie and his children?

10. Why does Charlie decide to return home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Clarissa's character and why she finally succumbs to Baxter's attempts to get close to her physically.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Gee Gee and Mr. Folkestone. How do they become more alike towards the end of the story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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