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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 man tell the boy and girl he is going to do after he turns off the TV?
2. What word does the girl use to describe the records the man had given her when she tells people the story of that night?
3. How does the boy plan to pay the man?
4. What does the boy say after he and the girl dance to a few records in the driveway?
5. Where does the man tell the boy he is going to sit?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the girl just pick a record at random when the man tells her to pick something?
2. What does the man think as he watches the faces of the boy and girl in the lamplight?
3. What does the man say about the neighbors watching him dance with the girl at the end of the story?
4. Why does the girl tell the story of the night at the man's house to everyone? Does she figure anything out?
5. What does the man drop on the sofa? Who helps him?
6. What does the girl tell the other people about the night at the man's house?
7. What does the man suggest the boy and girl do after he puts on a second record? What does the boy think of this suggestion?
8. What does the man tell the boy and girl about the record player after he turns off the TV?
9. Describe the man and the girl dancing together at the end of the story.
10. What does the boy tell the man and the girl the whiskey does to him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define protagonist. Who is the protagonist in "Why Don't You Dance?"? How do you know? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Pick a character from the story and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?
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