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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. With whom does Faith leave her sons when she decides to run in the old neighborhood?
2. What does Lavinia's mother tell Robert Lavinia should become?
3. Why is Cassie upset with Faith at then end of "Listening"?
4. How old is Faith when she takes up running in "The Long-Distance Runner"?
5. In Politics, why do the mothers want a fence put up around the playground?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator in "Mother" long for?
2. Who is Mrs. Luddy and why does Faith stay in her apartment?
3. What are the men discussing at the deli when Faith overhears them in "Listening"?
4. Why is the birth in "At That Time, or The History of a Joke" said to be a miracle?
5. Why does Jack think his father was sleeping in a crib when he was young? Why does the narrator think he was doing this?
6. What happened to the young girls in "In the Garden"? What does someone tell the stranger they think happened?
7. Who is Sonia in "In This Country: But in Another Language..."? Why is the grandmother worried about ther?
8. What saved Vicente's wife in "A Man Told Me the Story of His Life"?
9. Describe Dennis in "Enormous Changes at the Last Minute." How does he react when he learns Alexandra is pregnant?
10. Why is Ruthy sad at her 50th birthday party when her friends tell stories?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine how the theme of race plays a part in the plot of the stories in the collection.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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