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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 much does the man say he was thinking of asking for the bed?
2. What word does she use to describe what the people who set the items outside of the house must be?
3. What does the girl tell the boy to do if someone is home and they discuss prices?
4. What three items does the boy tell the man they are interested in when the man first arrives at the house?
5. From what material was the kitchen set made?
Short Essay Questions
1. Aside from the bed, what items from the man's home are now outside of his house?
2. 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?
3. Why do the boy and the girl need furniture?
4. Why is the boy hesitant to lay on the bed with the girl when she asks him?
5. Why does the girl tell the boy he should offer $10 less than whatever they are asking?
6. What two things does the boy do "for no good reason" (2) instead of seeing if anyone is home as he said he would?
7. What items does the boy tell the man they are interested in when the man first arrives?
8. What does the boy do when he first gets to the house and begins looking at the things?
9. What is the first thing the man says to the girl when he sees the two at his house?
10. How do the boy and girl bargain with the man for the items they ask about? Who seems in charge of the negotiations?
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
Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the themes?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Carver's commentary on relationships in "Why Don't You Dance?." Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.
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