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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. How does the young man get into granny's house?

2. What is true about the young girl in terms of her family?

3. How long is a werewolf's natural life span?

4. What remarkable object does the young man have in his pocket?

5. What is true of the children of the savage country the young girl is from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the young girl see just after hearing the first howl from a wolf in the woods?

2. What does the young man look like when he takes off his coat and hat?

3. What stage of life is the young girl at who sets off for her granny's house, and why is this significant?

4. Why does the girl going to see her granny in midwinter through the woods not feel scared?

5. What does the granny think might protect her from the wolf who comes knocking at her door?

6. What object does the young man have in his pocket that fascinates the young girl?

7. How does the young man get into the old woman's house?

8. In Part II, what does Carter advise if one sees a naked man among the woods, and why?

9. What is the dynamic between the young man and the young girl in the woods as they walk together?

10. What is the worst time all year for running into wolves, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and why does the young man in the forest seduce the young girl on the way to her grandmother's house? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think Carter is trying to convey about women's lives, choices, and treatment with the young wife's story within this story? In particular, why do you think Carter writes that the second husband beats the wife after fighting off the werewolf/first husband? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How would you describe Carter's language and tone in her story The Company of Wolves? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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