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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 lie does Blankenship tell everyone?
2. Who does Connie meet in the drive-in restaurant at night?
3. How old is the priest in Departures when he goes by train to his family's home after six years away?
4. How does Charles Bad Holy MacLeod die?
5. What do Gunther and the narrator do in the back yard when the men have left?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Casey know Aunt Granny Lith, and what does he do when he sees her again?
2. How do the boys in Murderers get caught on their misadventure, and what happens to them?
3. In the story Daddy Garbage, how does Strayhorn discover the baby in the box?
4. In the story Helping, who are Elliot and Grace and what do they do for a living? How are their jobs similar and how are they different?
5. Where are the soldiers stationed in The Things They Carried, and who are the main characters?
6. In the story Rules of the Game, who is Lau Fo?
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 does G.R. ask Cody after he hears Cody's story of his near accident off the mountain that day?
10. What are some of the superstitious things the soldiers carry with them, and what is the most unusual of them?
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
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
Who is Ad Magic? How does his name give important information about who he is and what he does with his life? How does his affliction blur the lines of reality and fantasy for Ad Magic?
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