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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 do they bury the player in Death of the Right Fielder?
2. Who is the author of The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket?
3. Who is the author of One of These Days?
4. Who is the author of Iguana Hunting?
5. What are the people like in the upper floors of the skyscraper in The Falling Girl?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the taboo subject central in the story The Boy? How does the narrative play out?
2. Who are the characters in At the River? What are they catching for food in the story?
3. Describe the structure of Welcoming the Board of Directors. How does the author use metaphor in the narrative?
4. Describe the time span and theme in The Blue Jar?
5. What is the girl given in The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket? Why is she excited?
6. Discuss and describe the imagery in the story Blackberries. How does this imagery support the narrative's themes?
7. How is the story On Hope different thematically and structurally from other narratives of the collection?
8. What is the setting of Blue? What is troubling the citizens in the narrative?
9. Who is the central character in Love, Your Only Mother? What does she receive regularly in the mail?
10. What takes place in the story Homage to Isaac Babel? Who are the main characters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare the settings and characters of The Grass-Eaters and Preparations. Where and when in Calcutta does The Grass-Eaters take place? How does the author effectively present the squalor of India?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the themes and perspectives presented in Girl and The Other Wife. What elements of feminism can be seen in the themes of these works? How is this reflected in other writings by the authors?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of feminism in Disappearing, A Lover's Ear and By the Creek. What feminist traits do each of the protagonists reflect?
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