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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. In "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" how old is June?

2. In "The Shawl" who is the baby?

3. Who wrote "A City of Churches"?

4. In "Birthmates" Art is hit over the head with ___________.

5. In "Birthmates" what is Art's nationality?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you feel that the subject matter of "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" is still relevant today?

2. In "The Gesturing" does Richard still love Joan? How can you tell?

3. Do you think that Connie did the right thing by going with Arnold in "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

4. In "Janus" how is Andrea two-faced after her lover leaves her?

5. In "The Rotifer" do you think that the narrator should have told her cousin about her cheating fiance?

6. In "The Shawl" how does the garment feed both Magda and her mother?

7. What does Zoe know about the pain in her abdomen in "You're Ugly, Too"?

8. Describe Bessie's paranoia in "The Key."

9. Describe the motel in "Birthmates."

10. Why do you think that Bessie dies at the end of "The Key"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what you believe the gift is in "The Christmas Gift." Support your argument with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the idea of familial obligation as it appears in "The Rotifer" and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the time period plays a role in "My Dead Brother Comes to America" and "The Christmas Gift."

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