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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 do Gunther and the narrator do in the back yard when the men have left?

2. What do Connie and Arnold find they are both listening to on the radio at the same time?

3. Who is Buck in Cody's Story?

4. Where does the narrator of Lawns work?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, who is Arnold French, and how does he strike up a conversation with Connie?

3. 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?

4. Who is the narrator of Lawns, and what is her crime?

5. 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?

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

7. In the short story Train, who are the two little girls on the train, how old are they, and where are they going?

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

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

10. Why does Daniel not want the narrator of Home to see his back?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What unusual literary device does Jamaica Kincaid use in her story Girl? Why and how does this device succeed in this piece?

Essay Topic 2

Georgie describes his job to a hitchhiker he meets and says "I save lives." Discuss the lives Georgie saves in the story. Do you think this is an accurate description of his job? Why or why not?

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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