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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. How do Lexington's parents get into the locked house?

2. Where does the cop say the man who picked up the hitchhiker will end up?

3. What kind of bug was Uncle Oswald interested in?

4. Who claims Lexington when his parents are killed?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does David save the giant turtle in "The Boy who Talked with Animals?"

3. What happens when Jackie wins the race at the tracks?

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

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

6. What is royal jelly?

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

10. Why has Klara Hitler moved to a new town in "Genesis and Catstrophe?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair was an emotion that affected a number of the characters in these stories. Which characters were most affected by despair, and how did this change the course of the plots they were involved in?

Essay Topic 2

The pursuit of happiness was a common theme found in these stories. What stories embodied this theme, and how did that pursuit affect the characters involved?

Essay Topic 3

Symbolism is a very prevalent literary device used by Roald Dahl. What are some of these symbols, and how does their presence affect the course of the plots they are involved in?

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