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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. In the story Trains, how old are Danica and Jane?
2. Who does Connie meet in the drive-in restaurant at night?
3. How old is Connie in Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
4. In the story Helping, what do both Elliot and Grace do for a living?
5. In the story Dog Heaven, what game does the narrator play with Sparky Smith?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the boys in Murderers get caught on their misadventure, and what happens to them?
2. What does G.R. ask Cody after he hears Cody's story of his near accident off the mountain that day?
3. In Rules of the Game, what is Meimei's mother's "chang"?
4. 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?
5. In the story Rules of the Game, who is Lau Fo?
6. In Cody's Story, who are Cody and G.R.? What do they do for a living and where?
7. In the story Murderers, who do the young boys want to see when they climb up onto the water tower, and why?
8. What questions does Danica ask Jane's father near the end of the train trip, and how does he respond?
9. In the story Daddy Garbage, how does Strayhorn discover the baby in the box?
10. What news does the narrator receive about Sparky Smith shortly after her move from Fort Niagara?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
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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