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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. In the story The First Day, what time does the mother tell her daughter she will pick her up?
2. To whom was Robert married?
3. In the story Girl, why does the speaker say not to pick other people's flowers?
4. What does Ad Magic have in his mouth when the bus crashes?
5. What does the older son in Minor Heroism do for a living?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the story Chopin in Winter, what do Michael and Dzia-Dzia talk about at night and why?
2. How does the woman in The Darling meet Lenny?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. What happens to Ad Magic in the beginning of A White Horse, and how do the people he is with react to his situation?
6. Who is Petra in Ann Beattie's story "A Vintage Thunderbird"?
7. Where does Magic find the white horse, in what condition is the horse, and who does he call for help?
8. In The Fat Girl, what is the secret that follows Louise from high school to college?
9. What picture do the narrator of Catherdraland Robert draw and why?
10. In the story Wickedness, what happens in Nebraska on the twelfth of January, 1888? How does this affect the townspeople?
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
What unusual literary device does Jamaica Kincaid use in her story Girl? Why and how does this device succeed in this piece?
Essay Topic 3
What does the title "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" mean in relation to the main character Connie?
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