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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 kind of business does Mr. Feasey own?

2. Who saves the giant turtle?

3. What does Vic's wife say to him after the switch has been made?

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

5. How did Albert say he was able to help conceive a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the experiment used by the narrator in "Georgy Porgy" to understand women?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sexuality is a theme presented in a number of these stories, and it is manifested in a number of different ways. Choose a few of these instances and compare and contrast them. How is this sensitive theme manifested differently throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Roald Dahl includes some ingenious forms of irony in these stories. What are some of these examples, and how does this ironic nature affect the plot of the stories?

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