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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 does the man tell the girl it is "good" that she found when he arrives at the house?
2. What is the first thing the boy plugs in when they stop in the man's driveway to look at the items?
3. What does the man say to the girls offer for the bed?
4. Where are the girl and the boy when the man approaches his house?
5. What does the boy say about the pillow when the girl asks how it feels?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the first thing the girl does when they get out of their car and begin to look at the items?
2. What does the girl tell the boy to do when he finally gets on the bed with her? How does he respond?
3. How do the boy and girl bargain with the man for the items they ask about? Who seems in charge of the negotiations?
4. Where is the man at the very start of the story? What is he doing? What is he looking at?
5. What is inside the man's house at the start of the story?
6. Why do the boy and the girl need furniture?
7. What does the boy say he is going to do if anybody is home after he gets off the bed?
8. What two things does the boy do "for no good reason" (2) instead of seeing if anyone is home as he said he would?
9. Why does the girl tell the boy he should offer $10 less than whatever they are asking?
10. What is the first thing the man says to the girl when he sees the two at his house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Read a review of "Why Don't You Dance?." Write an essay about how this review impacted your own views or understanding of the story.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about the author of "Why Don't You Dance?." Who is he? What else has he written? How is "Why Don't You Dance?" similar or different from his other works?
Essay Topic 3
Genre is a category assigned to a literary work. What are some genres that could be used to classify this story? What is the main genre of the story? Explain.
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