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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 two children are left at the school house with the teacher during the blizzard?
2. In White Horse, who does the white horse belong to?
3. What do Robert and the husband end up doing at the end of the television show?
4. Where are the narrator and his passengers going in the story Rock Springs?
5. What happens to Quadberry in the VIetnam war?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Petra in Ann Beattie's story "A Vintage Thunderbird"?
2. In the story The First Day, where are the mother and child going at the opening of the story? Why is this an important day?
3. How does the narrator of Testimony of Pilot lose his hearing?
4. In The Fat Girl, what is the secret that follows Louise from high school to college?
5. In the story Cathedral, who is Robert and how does he enter the story?
6. Where does Magic find the white horse, in what condition is the horse, and who does he call for help?
7. In the story The Fat Girl,When Louise examines herself in a mirror, what parts of her body does she like? What parts does she hate?
8. Who are the main characters in River of Names, and how are they different from each other?
9. How does Dzia-Dzia describe Chopin's death?
10. How does the woman in The Darling meet Lenny?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Fat Girl chronicles the story of a young woman with an eating disorder. How does Louise suffer at the hands of those who wish to help her? Discuss her relationships with her mother, her college roommate, and her husband in your essay.
Essay Topic 2
In her short story, Tan describes "invisible strength." How does MeiMei interpret the concept of invisible strength? What does she accomplish using this concept? What other female in another story uses what could be called invisible strength and how is it similar to MeiMei's?
Essay Topic 3
Susan Power entitled her story about Margaret Many Wounds' death Moonwalk. Why did she use this title? How does the title mean more than one thing in the context of the story?
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