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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. As Marta falls in The Falling Girl, the people get gradually more and more what as she nears the ground?

2. What is the setting of Blue?

3. Who is the author of August 25, 1983?

4. How old is the student in The Boy?

5. The older Maori tribesman died while doing what in At the River?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss and describe the imagery in the story Blackberries. How does this imagery support the narrative's themes?

2. What is the central theme in Gregory? How does the author represent this theme through the executioner in the narrative?

3. What is the setting of The Falling Girl? Who is the central character and what action does she take in the beginning of the story?

4. How is the narrative structured in the story Happy Endings? What are the first scenarios like?

5. How does Richard Brautigan make use of imagery and dramatic twist in The Weather in San Francisco?

6. What is the girl given in The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket? Why is she excited?

7. Who is the narrator in An Insolvable Problem of Genetics? What information does the family learn from Freddie?

8. What is the taboo subject central in the story The Boy? How does the narrative play out?

9. How does On Hope end? Where is the gypsy in the end of the narrative?

10. What is the older Borges doing in August 25, 1983? What is the reaction of the younger Borges?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define postmodernism in literature and discuss the postmodern narrative styles of On Hope and Happy Endings. How are the authors' other works reflective of postmodern elements?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the narrative voice, tense, and structure of La Volpaia. How do the themes and symbolism in this narrative relate to others in the anthology?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the themes, symbolism, and imagery implemented by the author in The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket. How does the tone of this story differ or relate to those around it in the anthology?

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