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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 does Dotty opt to go on the trip alone in "The Contest"?
2. Which character in "A Woman, Young and Old" worked at the Paris Coffee House on Saturday?
3. Why did Dotty get angry and leave Freddy's after spending a couple days at his place in "The Contest"?
4. What does Faith ask Ellen's son Billy at her funeral?
5. Why does Livid give Pallid permission to think of his sons as his in a letter?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Fred and Dotty's relationshp? Why does she leave him? What money-making idea does she approach him with?
2. Describe the young boys from "Gloomy Tune."
3. What does Rose tell Lillie to tell her mother at the end of "Goodbye and Good Luck"? Why?
4. Where does Virginia's husband say he is going at the start of "An Interest in Life"? What gift does he give her? How does she feel about this gift? What does she tell Mrs. Raftery when she asks where her husband is going?
5. Describe John and Virginia's relationship after her husband leaves in "An Interest in Life."
6. What does Clifford say to Faith in "A Subject of Childhood" which angers her? How does she react?
7. Describe John and his mother Dolly's relationship in "Distance." What details show you what their relationship is like?
8. What becomes of Eddie and Carl at the end of "Time Which Made a Monkey of Us All"?
9. Why is Peter upset with Anna at the end of "The Pale Pink"? What does she say, which lifts his spirits?
10. Who is Josie in "A Woman, Young and Old"? How old is she? How does she behave around Browny?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about the author of The Collected Stories of Grace Paley. Who is she? What else has she written? How is The Collected Stories of Grace Paley representative of her work and life?
Essay Topic 2
Choose a character from one story in the collection and discuss their role in creating conflict in the story.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay describing the imagery used in The Collected Stories of Grace Paley. Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
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