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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 the girl use to describe the records the man had given her when she tells people the story of that night?
2. What does the girl tell the boy she wants in the drink he pours her?
3. What is the man doing when his cigarette drops between the couch cushions?
4. What does the man do after telling the boy and girl he will sell them the record player for cheap?
5. What does the boy tell them the whiskey does as he holds up the glass and jiggles it?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the man and the girl dancing together at the end of the story.
2. Why does the girl tell the story of the night at the man's house to everyone? Does she figure anything out?
3. What does the man offer the boy and the girl to drink? What does he do after that?
4. What does the man drop on the sofa? Who helps him?
5. Why does the girl just pick a record at random when the man tells her to pick something?
6. What does the boy tell the man and the girl the whiskey does to him?
7. What does the man think as he watches the faces of the boy and girl in the lamplight?
8. 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?
9. What does the girl tell the other people about the night at the man's house?
10. What does the man say about the neighbors watching him dance with the girl at the end of the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Examine how the theme of change plays a part in the plot of "Why Don't You Dance?".
Essay Topic 3
Write a brief essay analyzing the title "Why Don't You Dance?." Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.
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