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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 boy say to the girl when she tells him to kiss her on the bed?
2. What color was the too large cloth that covered the kitchen table that was outside of the house?
3. What word does both the man and the girl use to describe the bed when the man first arrives?
4. What does the girl tell the boy to do if someone is home and they discuss prices?
5. What three items does the boy tell the man they are interested in when the man first arrives at the house?
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. What items does the boy tell the man they are interested in when the man first arrives?
4. Why is the boy hesitant to lay on the bed with the girl when she asks him?
5. 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?
6. Why does the boy pull over when he sees all of the things outside the man's house?
7. What does the girl tell the boy to do when he finally gets on the bed with her? How does he respond?
8. What is inside the man's house at the start of the story?
9. Why does the girl tell the boy he should offer $10 less than whatever they are asking?
10. How does the man first appear on the scene? Where is he coming from and what does he have?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay comparing and contrasting Jack and the man in "Why Don't You Dance?." What details help develop their character and what do these details tell you about them? What is their background? How do they meet? How do they interact? In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.
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
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Carver of "Why Don't You Dance?." Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
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