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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 tell the boy to do if someone is home and they discuss prices?
2. What does the man take from his sack first when he arrives at the home to find the girl and boy?
3. From what material was the kitchen set made?
4. What is the first item the boy shows interest in as they pass the man's house?
5. What does the boy say he will do if anyone is home?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is the man at the very start of the story? What is he doing? What is he looking at?
2. Why does the boy pull over when he sees all of the things outside the man's house?
3. Aside from the bed, what items from the man's home are now outside of his house?
4. 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?
5. Why do the boy and the girl need furniture?
6. Why is the boy hesitant to lay on the bed with the girl when she asks him?
7. 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?
8. What is the first thing the man says to the girl when he sees the two at his house?
9. What is the first thing the girl does when they get out of their car and begin to look at the items?
10. What does the boy do when he first gets to the house and begins looking at the things?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay examining the record player as a symbol in "Why Don't You Dance?." In what scenes does the record player appear? What is the context? How does the record player develop the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Carver’s focus on the theme of intimacy as presented in the story.
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