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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 color lipstick does Fiona always apply before leaving the house, according to Grant?

2. When Grant is nearly ready to take Fiona to Meadowlake, she compares it to living at what type of location?

3. At the time of the narrative's events, Grant is writing a study about myths containing which types of animals?

4. What substance was used to write a particular word across Grant's office door?

5. Grant tells the doctor that Fiona had once mistakenly left what object in storage for an extended period of time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would Grant have considered the ultimate price to pay for his adulterous ways?

2. What gift does Grant bring to Fiona when he visits her at Meadowlake for the first time, and what is significant about the gift?

3. In what ways does Grant consider his own past infidelities to be different from those of other "husbands and fathers" (284)?

4. What were the circumstances that led to the engagement between Fiona and Grant?

5. What advice does Kristy finally give to Grant when he keeps asking the same question over and over?

6. What is Munro's purpose for including the detail about the scents of "dope and incense" (285)?

7. What question does Grant keep asking Kristy over and over during his first visit to see Fiona at Meadowlake?

8. Who is Kristy?

9. What reasons are named for Grant's decision to accept Fiona's proposal of marriage?

10. In what month does Fiona move into Meadowlake and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Munro's story from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" and one of the story's main messages. How does Munro make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Munro's choice to tell the story of "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" using a third person omniscient narrator who knows all about Grant’s most private thoughts, feelings, and actions. What elements of the story's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Munro’s intended effects on the reader?

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