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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 does Ad Magic have in his mouth when the bus crashes?

2. With whom does Delores finally have a child?

3. In Rock Springs, what is the narrator's daughter's name?

4. What Neil Young song does Georgie sing as he preps Mr. Weber?

5. What does the couple decide to do after their first night together on their romantic weekend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Edna tell the narrator of Rock Springs about her pet, a monkey?

2. Where do the narrator of Emergency and his friend Georgie work and for how long? What do they do there?

3. In the story Cathedral, who is Robert and how does he enter the story?

4. Who is speaking in Girl, and to who is she directing her instructions?

5. How does Dzia-Dzia describe Chopin's death?

6. Why does Delores kill her husband Michael in Scott Bradfield's story "The Darling"?

7. Who is Hattie Benedict in Wickedness, and how does she survive the blizzard?

8. Where does Magic find the white horse, in what condition is the horse, and who does he call for help?

9. How does the narrator of Testimony of Pilot lose his hearing?

10. In Carol Bly's story "Talk of Heroes," who is Willi Varig?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In his story The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien differentials between the physical things the soldiers carried on their backs and those they carry in their hearts and minds. Contrast and compare the physical and emotional things the men carried and how each affect a soldier.

Essay Topic 2

Based on the plot of the story and the main character, why do you think Scott Bradfield names his story "The Darling"?

Essay Topic 3

Alcohol is a theme in some of the stories in this collection. Compare the drinking and the effect drinking has on these characters and their close relationships: Walter in All The Way To Flagstaff, Arizona; Willi Vorig in Talk of Heroes, and Lenny in Tall Tales From the Mekong Delta.

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