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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. Where do the couple stay for the weekend in A Romantic Weekend?
2. In Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta, where is the protagonist going when she first meets Lenny?
3. What does Bryan tell his father to do with the picture he has drawn?
4. In Testimony of Pilot, who is Lillian?
5. In the story A Romantic Weekend, where is the couple in the story going for the weekend?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Hattie Benedict in Wickedness, and how does she survive the blizzard?
2. Where do the narrator of Emergency and his friend Georgie work and for how long? What do they do there?
3. In Carol Bly's story "Talk of Heroes," who is Willi Varig?
4. In the story Emergency, who is Terrence Weber? What unusual thing has happened to him?
5. Who does the mother in the story The First Day ask the woman at Walker Jones School and why?
6. In the story All the Way in Flagstaff, Arizona, what does Walter keep hidden in the wheel well of the spare tire in the car? Why?
7. In the story Chopin in Winter, what do Michael and Dzia-Dzia talk about at night and why?
8. What story does Edna tell the narrator of Rock Springs about her pet, a monkey?
9. In the story Cathedral, who is Robert and how does he enter the story?
10. What happens to Ad Magic in the beginning of A White Horse, and how do the people he is with react to his situation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Danica asks Mr. Muirhead, in the story Train, whether she and Jane will be friends forever, how does he respond? Why does he know these things about his daughter, and likewise know Danica is not like his daughter?
Essay Topic 2
In the story Minor Heroism, from whose point of view is the story told? How is point of view, or voice, used to enrich the story? Discuss and use examples.
Essay Topic 3
In the story Dog Heaven, the author has created two children and a dog who live in a work of adults involved in the military. The narrator therefore focuses the story on the elements of childhood most recognized by people growing up. Discuss three of those elements and how they help the reader to relate to the story and to the narrator as a child.
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