3. Who wrote "My Dead Brother Comes to America"?
(a) Alexander Godin.
(b) Sherwood Anderson.
(c) E.B. White.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

4. In "My Dead Brother Comes to America," what does the family do after they are all in the new home?
(a) Grieves.
(b) Argues.
(c) Makes dinner.
(d) Throws a party.

5. In "Theft" what does the main character try to give the thief?
(a) A purse.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A piece of her mind.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Second Tree From the Corner," what does Mr. Trexler travel several blocks without doing?

2. In "The Hitch-Hikers" who kills Sanford?

3. In "That in Aleppo Once..." the narrator immigrates to ____________.

4. In "My Dead Brother Comes to America," the family is waiting onshore for ____________.

5. Who wrote "The Killers"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Christmas Gift" why do you suppose the father stopped complaining about the half-sister staying with the family?

2. Describe how the sister acts around Richard in "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin."

3. In "The Country Husband" what does Francis' recollection of the maid add to the story?

4. How do you perceive the fiancee in "The Other Woman"?

5. In "Christmas Gift" what is the gift?

6. When "The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin" and "The Country Husband" were first published, how controversial was the subject matter?

7. Compare and contrast the janitress and the young woman in "Theft."

8. In "The Second Tree From the Corner," do you think the main character is mentally ill? Why?

9. Why do you think that Francis becomes obsessed with the babysitter in "A Country Husband"?

10. In the end of, "That in Aleppo Once..." why is the narrator unhappy?

(see the answer keys)

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