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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. How are the characters in Trains traveling to Florida?
2. In the story Dog Heaven, what game does the narrator play with Sparky Smith?
3. In the story Home, why does the narrator come home to live with her mother?
4. What gender does Beth believe her baby to be?
5. In Rules of the Game, what magazine features an article about the narrator?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is the main character of Departures? How old is he when the story opens? Where is he going?
2. What does G.R. ask Cody after he hears Cody's story of his near accident off the mountain that day?
3. In the story Murderers, who do the young boys want to see when they climb up onto the water tower, and why?
4. In the story Dog Heaven, who is Sparky Smith and what game does he and the narrator play together?
5. How does Casey know Aunt Granny Lith, and what does he do when he sees her again?
6. In the story Daddy Garbage, how does Strayhorn discover the baby in the box?
7. What news does the narrator receive about Sparky Smith shortly after her move from Fort Niagara?
8. 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?
9. In Rules of the Game, what is Meimei's mother's "chang"?
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
What does the title "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" mean in relation to the main character Connie?
Essay Topic 2
Susan Power entitled her story about Margaret Many Wounds' death Moonwalk. Why did she use this title? How does the title mean more than one thing in the context of the story?
Essay Topic 3
When Danica asks Mr. Muirhead, in the story Train, whether she and Jane will be friends forever, how does he respond? Why does he know these things about his daughter, and likewise know Danica is not like his daughter?
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