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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 is Landy's occupation?

2. What was the name of the girl Oswald was involved with in Cairo?

3. Who kills Lexington's parents?

4. How much is the coat from the Colonel worth?

5. Whose wife does Vic want to sleep with in "The Great Switcheroo?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Klara think her last child will live?

2. In "The Visitor," what does Oswald find out after making love to a woman in Cairo?

3. In "The Great Switcheroo," what story does Vic tell Jerry and why?

4. What does Mary do when she first sees what Landy has done for her husband when William dies?

5. How does the hitchhiker save the narrator from getting a ticket?

6. How did Mrs. Bixby hide her affair for so long?

7. What happens when Bert looks inside the hayrick?

8. What kind of factory does Claud want to start and why?

9. In "William and Mary," what does Landy do for William after he dies?

10. What strange things does Billy notice about the landlady?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Roald Dahl presents the idea that there are two sides to every man. Choose three of the characters from the stories and write about their dual natures. Also, include how this duality affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

How did religion filter into some of these stories, and what did it symbolize in these different appearances?

Essay Topic 3

What happened to Lexington, and who do you think was to blame for this tragedy? Please cite evidence from the text to support your opinion.

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