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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. What instrument does the student in the magazine profile play?
2. What does the cafe seem to provide to people?
3. How long did Miss Amelia's only marriage last?
4. How old is the student who is profiled in a magazine?
5. What do the people in town soon come to realize about the man in #12?
Short Essay Questions
1. Compare and contrast John's life now with the new life Elizabeth has created.
2. What becomes of Amelia after Cousin Lymon and Marvin wreck her cafe and then leave town?
3. What literary technique does McCullers use in telling this story and what tone does she set in accomplishing it?
4. What literary technique does McCullers use in mentioning Amelia's brief marriage to Marvin Macy?
5. How did the old man come to terms with his wife's leaving him for another man?
6. How does Cousin Lymon ultimately betray Amelia?
7. What is the result of the one-sided relationship between Amelia and Cousin Lymon?
8. How do the townspeople know that Amelia is in love with Cousin Lymon?
9. With whom does Frances share the title of "wunderkind" and why does she think she cannot live up to the name?
10. What is the nature of the cafe in the four years since Cousin Lymon arrived?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the significance of the book's title. What did the author mean by calling the THE BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFE? Cite an example to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Create a brief character study of Marvin Macy. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates her, if anything, at this point in her life?
Essay Topic 3
Disappointment takes on an almost human persona in these stories. What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.
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