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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. Why is the hotel so excited to buy the giant turtle?

2. What is the name of Claud's dog?

3. Where does Billy decide to stay after moving?

4. What was the name of Hitler's mother in "Genesis and Catastrophe?"

5. How does Vic know the man whose wife he wants to sleep with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Vic's wife tell him the morning after the switch?

5. What happens when Oswald is at the service station in Cairo?

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

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

8. What happens when Lexington visits a packing house?

9. What does the ratcatcher say is the best way to catch mice?

10. How did the mother of the narrator of "Georgy Porgy" die?

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

There were many characters in these stories who were manipulated and persuaded to do things they did not want to do. What were some of these instances, and how were those characters affected by the manipulation?

Essay Topic 3

Death is an integral part of a number of these stories. What are some of the most significant instances of death, and how does it change the course of the plot in those stories?

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