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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. Grant asks Aubrey's wife if she will bring Aubrey to visit Fiona how many times per week?

2. What does Fiona do during mealtimes after Aubrey's departure from Meadowlake?

3. Kristy tells Grant one day that which part of Fiona had been "deteriorating" (309) since Aubrey's departure?

4. The nurses consider which character to have gotten Aubrey up "out of his wheelchair" (295)?

5. Grant figures out that he had quit smoking cigarettes how many decades before the narrative present?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of work had Aubrey done before he stopped working and what method is used to deliver this information to the reader?

2. How do Fiona's habits change after Aubrey's departure from Meadowlake?

3. What holds Grant back from asking "the most obvious" and "most necessary" (293) question?

4. In what locations can Fiona and Aubrey generally be found on the grounds of Meadowlake?

5. Which eras are included in the story of Grant and Fiona's marriage and how do you know?

6. What question does Grant decide there is little point of asking Fiona once her condition degrades after Aubrey's departure from Meadowlake?

7. What two details does Grant notice about Marian when he first walks in the door of her home?

8. What event causes Grant to realize that Aubrey must be checking out of Meadowlake?

9. What is Grant's history with smoking cigarettes and why is the timeline significant?

10. Describe an instance when Munro uses a war metaphor to indicate the two themes of danger and excitement.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the function of Aubrey's character within the story? Discuss the characterization methods used by Munro in depicting Aubrey and include in your discussion the reasons that Munro portrays Aubrey in these particular ways.

Essay Topic 2

Sensory details are used frequently by Munro in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of "The Bear Came Over the Mountain." Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Munro’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" and analyze Munro’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

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