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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 word does she use to describe what the people who set the items outside of the house must be?
2. What three items does the boy tell the man they are interested in when the man first arrives at the house?
3. What color was the too large cloth that covered the kitchen table that was outside of the house?
4. What word does both the man and the girl use to describe the bed when the man first arrives?
5. What does the girl say to the boy as they pass the man's house with the items outside?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the man first appear on the scene? Where is he coming from and what does he have?
2. Aside from the bed, what items from the man's home are now outside of his house?
3. What is the first thing the girl does when they get out of their car and begin to look at the items?
4. 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?
5. What is the first thing the man says to the girl when he sees the two at his house?
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 is inside the man's house at the start of the story?
8. What does the girl tell the boy to do when he finally gets on the bed with her? How does he respond?
9. Why does the boy pull over when he sees all of the things outside the man's house?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine how the theme of change plays a part in the plot of "Why Don't You Dance?".
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring conflict in "Why Don't You Dance?". What conflicts exist? How are these conflicts managed?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examining the ending of "Why Don't You Dance?" How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?
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