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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. Who wrote The Street Sweeping Show?

2. From what country is the author of Courtly Vision?

3. Who is the author of Las Papas?

4. The author of Family Album hails from where?

5. What physical problem does the central character of Terminal suffer from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the back-story established in Orion? Who are the main characters?

2. Who is the shoe breaker in The Shoe Breaker? What happens in this story?

3. What is the theme of Lost Keys? Who is the central character?

4. How does the story The Model reflect the theme of aging?

5. How do Artemis and Orion meet in Orion? What is the outcome for the title character?

6. What memory is related in the story Snow?

7. How do Di Grasso and The Street-Sweeping Show relate thematically?

8. How do the elderly couple in Mr. and Mrs. Martins prepare for death?

9. What is the setting of Di Grasso? From whose perspective is the story told?

10. What activity is the father of Las Papas doing in the narrative? What does he teach his son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the literary technique of imagery, metaphor, symbolism, and motif and identify each in Blackberries and Don't You Blame Anyone. How is the theme of the frailty of human interconnectedness reflected in these works?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the settings, characters, and themes presented in The Weather in San Francisco and Blue. What is Brautigan's most famous work and how does The Weather in San Francisco relate to it?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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