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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. Fiona's father had been what kind of doctor during her youth?
2. Grant had once received a letter from which person associated with one of Grant's former lovers/students?
3. Who locates Fiona after her sudden disappearance from a particular location?
4. What advice does Kristy offer to Grant at the end of his first visit to see Fiona at Meadowlake?
5. During what month does Fiona first move into Meadowlake?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Kristy?
2. What details lead the reader to conclude that Fiona and Grant's marriage had positive qualities?
3. What event involving a policeman had convinced Grant that he could no longer look after Fiona at home?
4. In what ways does Grant consider his own past infidelities to be different from those of other "husbands and fathers" (284)?
5. What consequences did Fiona suffer as a result of Grant's infidelities?
6. What is the symbolism of the yellow notes Grant had started to find around the house?
7. What is Munro's purpose for including the detail about the scents of "dope and incense" (285)?
8. What advice does Kristy finally give to Grant when he keeps asking the same question over and over?
9. What gift does Grant bring to Fiona when he visits her at Meadowlake for the first time, and what is significant about the gift?
10. Which parties does Grant hold responsible for putting a stop to his infidelity "just in time" (287)?
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
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?
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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