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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 is the final thing the girls says to the man as they dance in his driveway?
2. What does the girl stop doing "after a time" (6) according to the final lines of the story?
3. Where do the boy and girl sit after they have their drinks?
4. What does the man tell the boy and girl he is going to do after he turns off the TV?
5. What type of liquor does the boy pour for the girl?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the man say about the neighbors watching him dance with the girl 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 girl tell the other people about the night at the man's house?
4. What does the man drop on the sofa? Who helps him?
5. What does the man think as he watches the faces of the boy and girl in the lamplight?
6. Describe the man and the girl dancing together at the end of the story.
7. What does the man offer the boy and the girl to drink? What does he do after that?
8. What does the man tell the boy and girl about the record player after he turns off the TV?
9. What does the boy tell the man and the girl the whiskey does to him?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Carver’s focus on the theme of intimacy as presented in the story.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay comparing and contrasting Jack and the man in "Why Don't You Dance?." What details help develop their character and what do these details tell you about them? What is their background? How do they meet? How do they interact? In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the author of "Why Don't You Dance?." Who is he? What else has he written? How is "Why Don't You Dance?" similar or different from his other works?
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