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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 Moonwalk, who is Margaret Many Wounds?

2. Who does the narrator of Lawns fall in love with the second time she sees him?

3. In Murderers, who runs the camp to which the narrator goes in New Jersey?

4. Who is Daddy Garbage?

5. Where do Gunther and the narrator meet in the morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Rules of the Game, what is Meimei's mother's "chang"?

2. Before she dies, what story does Margaret tell Evie and Lydia that change their lives?

3. In the short story Aunt Granny Lith, who is Aunt Granny Lith?

4. What secret does the narrator of Lawns finally reveal to her boyfriend and her mother? How do they react?

5. In Men Under Water, who is the narrator's wife, and how does she feel about him working for Gunther? What does the narrator do for a living?

6. In the story Daddy Garbage, how does Strayhorn discover the baby in the box?

7. In the story Home, what does the narrator's mother say to her to convince the narrator to move in with her for awhile? What help does she offer her daughter in the move?

8. How does Connie's mother treat her?

9. What questions does Danica ask Jane's father near the end of the train trip, and how does he respond?

10. In Moonwalk, who is Margaret Many Wounds and what is happening to her as the story opens? Who is taking care of her?

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

How does the author portray nature and the forces of nature in the story Wickedness?

Essay Topic 3

Earl, in Rock Springs, tries to change his life by stealing a car and leaving Montana with his girlfriend and his daughter. How does the author use foreshadowing to prepare the reader for Earl's failed attempt at this new life? How does the last paragraph of the story foreshadow the rest of Earl's life?

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