|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What color are the huts painted where Bheki's father-in-law lives?
2. What does Beauty notice about Looksmart's car?
3. In "Two," when was a friend of Patricia's on a nearby farm raped and then her throat cut?
4. How long have Patricia and John Ford been lovers?
5. In "One," what does Beauty find Richard holding after she drinks her tea?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dwaleni Farm look like when Looksmart returns?
2. What does Patricia look like when Looksmart first sees her when he walks inside the house in "Two"?
3. What does Patricia see as she follows Looksmart's gaze around the room she is sitting in?
4. How does Beauty think that Patricia looks when Beauty returns from the bonfire?
5. What role have dogs played in Patricia's life, and what do remains?
6. Whose does Richard decide is to blame for the way the farm has fallen apart?
7. How does Looksmart remember Patricia in the past?
8. What is Bheki doing when Beauty finds him by one of the half-built houses in "Two" and how does he respond to Beauty?
9. What does Looksmart remember about something he made for Patricia when he was a boy?
10. How has Beauty been deciding what to keep and what to discard during the last few weeks?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of The Dream House?
Essay Topic 2
Some characters have two names. Why do some characters have two names? How do names define characters or provide identity?
Essay Topic 3
Patricia and Looksmart have different memories about the time he caught his first fish. How are their memories different? How does perception color their memories and how they see what happened?
|
This section contains 1,028 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|



