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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. Who are Evie and Lydia?

2. In Murderers, what music could the boys hear from their vantage point?

3. In the story Home, why does the narrator come home to live with her mother?

4. In his dream, what does the priest see the soldier do?

5. Who is Blankenship?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the story Dog Heaven, who is Sparky Smith and what game does he and the narrator play together?

4. Where is the priest going at the end of Departures, and where has he been? How is he traveling?

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

6. Who is the main character of Departures? How old is he when the story opens? Where is he going?

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. How does Connie's mother treat her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the title "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" mean in relation to the main character Connie?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Cathedral, the husband and Robert are very different people. Robert is blind and the husband is not, but that is not the most important different between them. How do these characters exchange sight in the evening they spend together? How does the evening change both men?

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