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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 do when the man drops his cigarette between the couch cushions?
2. What is the "something" the man sees in the faces of the boy and girl in the lamplight?
3. What is the final thing the girls says to the man as they dance in his driveway?
4. What does the girl tell the boy she wants to buy after the man drops his cigarette between the couch cushions?
5. What word does the man use to address the boy and the girl?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the man and the girl dancing together at the end of the story.
2. What does the man say about the neighbors watching him dance with the girl at the end of the story?
3. 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?
4. What does the man think as he watches the faces of the boy and girl in the lamplight?
5. What does the boy tell the man and the girl the whiskey does to him?
6. Why does the girl just pick a record at random when the man tells her to pick something?
7. What does the man tell the boy and girl about the record player after he turns off the TV?
8. What does the man offer the boy and the girl to drink? What does he do after that?
9. What does the man drop on the sofa? Who helps him?
10. Why does the girl tell the story of the night at the man's house to everyone? Does she figure anything out?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Carver's language style and word choice in "Why Don't You Dance?." What are some words that stand out to you and why? What words are repeated? What words are most impactful? Explain your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Write a brief essay analyzing Carver’s choice to write "Why Don't You Dance?" in past tense. Do you agree with this choice? How would the story be different if written in a different tense?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the themes?
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