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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 did the narrator of Rules of the Game receive at the annual church Christmas party?
2. In Dog Heaven, who is Duke?
3. What does the narrator of Men Under Water do for a living?
4. In the story Helping, what do both Elliot and Grace do for a living?
5. Where does the narrator of Lawns go to college?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is the priest going at the end of Departures, and where has he been? How is he traveling?
2. In Cody's Story, who are Cody and G.R.? What do they do for a living and where?
3. How does Connie's mother treat her?
4. Who is the main character of Departures? How old is he when the story opens? Where is he going?
5. What inspiration does Gunther in Men Under Water get about his next screenplay after visiting Acid Rain? Who does he find waiting for him at his home when he and the narrator pull up to his house?
6. In the story Daddy Garbage, how does Strayhorn discover the baby in the box?
7. 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?
8. In Rules of the Game, what is Meimei's mother's "chang"?
9. 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?
10. In the story Murderers, who do the young boys want to see when they climb up onto the water tower, and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
The Fat Girl chronicles the story of a young woman with an eating disorder. How does Louise suffer at the hands of those who wish to help her? Discuss her relationships with her mother, her college roommate, and her husband in your essay.
Essay Topic 3
In the story Lawn, the narrator steals from the mail room of her dormitory. In her life, she has had a great deal stolen from her. Discuss what the narrator steals and why, and then what has been stolen from her and why. Can she ever be compensated for what has been stolen from her? Why or why not?
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