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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 does Freddy receive in the mail from Dotty at the end of "The Contest"?
2. What does Faith tell her father must happen before she can visit him again at the end of "Faith in the Afternoon"?
3. What does Ricardo tell Faith in the letter he writes her in "Faith in a Tree"?
4. What does Livid tell Faith after Richard reads to them?
5. Which character in "A Woman, Young and Old" worked at the Paris Coffee House on Saturday?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why were Josie and Browny unable to marry? How often did they stay in touch after?
2. How does Dotty manage the contest prize money and trip?
3. Describe the young boys from "Gloomy Tune."
4. What does the narrator's husband recall fondly from their marriage in "Wants"? How does the narrator's memory of this differ?
5. in "An Irrevocable Diameter," how do Cindy's parents react when she comes home after a night out with Charles C. Charly?
6. In "Faith in a Tree," why was Faith put on a commercial airline as a baby? What does she think of this?
7. Describe John and Virginia's relationship after her husband leaves in "An Interest in Life."
8. What becomes of Eddie and Carl at the end of "Time Which Made a Monkey of Us All"?
9. Describe Charles C. Charly's behavior in the courtroom in "An Irrevocable Diameter." How does Cindy react when he is questioned?
10. What do Jerry and Kitty discuss in "Come On, Ye Sons of Art"? What does Jerry tell Kitty when she asks what she would do without him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose two characters and discuss their similarities and differences.
Essay Topic 2
Examine how the theme of race plays a part in the plot of the stories in the collection.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring the theme of motherhood in Paley's collection.
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