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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. From what material was the kitchen set made?
2. Who is the author of "Why Don't You Dance?"?
3. What three items does the boy tell the man they are interested in when the man first arrives at the house?
4. How much does the girl offer for the man after the man tells them how much he wanted?
5. What does the boy say he is going to do after the second time the girl tells him to kiss her on the bed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What two things does the boy do "for no good reason" (2) instead of seeing if anyone is home as he said he would?
2. What does the boy say he is going to do if anybody is home after he gets off the bed?
3. Where is the man at the very start of the story? What is he doing? What is he looking at?
4. Why do the boy and the girl need furniture?
5. What is the boy's name? What is the girl asking the boy to do the one and only time his name is mentioned in the story?
6. Aside from the bed, what items from the man's home are now outside of his house?
7. How did people react when they drove by and saw all of the man's things outside his house? What does the man realize he has in common with these people?
8. How do the boy and girl bargain with the man for the items they ask about? Who seems in charge of the negotiations?
9. Why does the boy pull over when he sees all of the things outside the man's house?
10. Instead of seeing if anyone is home as he said he would, what does the boy do after the girl asked him to kiss her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay describing the imagery used in "Why Don't You Dance?." Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Carver's commentary on relationships in "Why Don't You Dance?." Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Carver’s focus on the theme of intimacy as presented in the story.
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