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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 advice does Kristy offer to Grant at the end of his first visit to see Fiona at Meadowlake?
2. What kind of game is Fiona watching others play when Grant sees her in the central area?
3. What action does Fiona suggest to Grant that he take when he asks whether she will be done helping with the game soon?
4. What kind of ceiling is the large central area at Meadowlake said to exhibit?
5. Fiona and Grant had especially enjoyed watching programs about what topic during their time together?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons are named for Grant's decision to accept Fiona's proposal of marriage?
2. What details lead the reader to conclude that Fiona and Grant's marriage had positive qualities?
3. What comment does Fiona make on the way to Meadowlake that makes Grant want to turn the car around?
4. Who is Kristy?
5. How and when did Fiona and Grant first meet?
6. What event made it possible for both Fiona and Grant to retire early?
7. What job had Fiona done prior to taking early retirement?
8. For how long had Fiona and Grant lived in their home at the time when Fiona began to show signs of dementia and why is this detail significant?
9. What advice does Kristy finally give to Grant when he keeps asking the same question over and over?
10. What is the symbolism of the yellow notes Grant had started to find around the house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Munro’s story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain." What message is Munro sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative and what role does Kristy play within Munro's discussion of these themes?
Essay Topic 2
How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" and how does their treatment relate to the story's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Munro’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of "The Bear Came Over the Mountain."
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