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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 girl say to the boy as they pass the man's house with the items outside?
2. What word does she use to describe what the people who set the items outside of the house must be?
3. What word does the author use for chest of drawers in the story?
4. What is the first item the boy shows interest in as they pass the man's house?
5. What part of the house does the man look at set up on his front yard at the start of the story?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the girl tell the boy he should offer $10 less than whatever they are asking?
2. Aside from the bed, what items from the man's home are now outside of his house?
3. How does the man first appear on the scene? Where is he coming from and what does he have?
4. What is inside the man's house at the start of the story?
5. Where is the man at the very start of the story? What is he doing? What is he looking at?
6. 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?
7. What does the boy do when he first gets to the house and begins looking at the things?
8. Why do the boy and the girl need furniture?
9. 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?
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
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
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 3
Examine the use of dialogue vs the use of description. Look at how each is used in the story and what makes these uses effective or ineffective.
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