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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 do some of the boys in "Ruthy and Edie" have a habit of doing to the young girls in the neighborhood?
2. Why does Mrs. Luddy keep Donald inside the apartment?
3. What does the father tell the old woman he feels his daughter was doing, which was never his "thing" (321)?
4. What does Ruthy say she would do if she were a boy?
5. What did Vicente do when he was drafted for the army?
Short Essay Questions
1. What conclusion does George come to after his pinball machine is rejected in "This Is a Story About My Friend George"?
2. What does Jack say could happen if they have a baby as the narrator suggests in "The Story Hearer"?
3. Why does Jack think his father was sleeping in a crib when he was young? Why does the narrator think he was doing this?
4. Why is Lavinia's mother upset at the end of "Lavinia: An Old Story"?
5. Compare and contrast the mothers at the playground in "Northeast Playground" to the mothers when the older woman was a young mother.
6. What is Dotty Wasserman's role in the story "Love"?
7. What does the narrator in "Mother" long for?
8. What happened to Selena's daughter Abby? What did Tonto say about Abby at the end?
9. How does Faith's family react when she tells them of her stay with Mrs. Luddy in "The Long-Distance Runner"?
10. Describe Nick and Faith's relationship in "The Expensive Moment."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose one story and write an essay examining the ending. How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Paley's language style and word choice in The Collected Stories of Grace Paley. What are some words that stand out to you and why? What words are repeated? What words are most impactful? Explain your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Examine how the theme of race plays a part in the plot of the stories in the collection.
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