Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does the girl tell everyone the story of the night with the man in the driveway?
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. What does the man tell the boy and girl he is going to do after he turns off the TV?
4. What is the final thing the girls says to the man as they dance in his driveway?
5. What does the boy ask the girl after the man drop his cigarette between the couch cushions?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the boy tell the man and the girl the whiskey does to him?
2. What does the man offer the boy and the girl to drink? What does he do after that?
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. Describe the man and the girl dancing together at the end of the story.
5. What does the man tell the boy and girl about the record player after he turns off the TV?
6. What does the man say about the neighbors watching him dance with the girl at the end of the story?
7. What does the girl tell the other people about the night at the man's house?
8. What does the man drop on the sofa? Who helps him?
9. Why does the girl tell the story of the night at the man's house to everyone? Does she figure anything out?
10. Why does the girl just pick a record at random when the man tells her to pick something?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss Carver’s focus on the theme of intimacy as presented in the story.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examining the ending of "Why Don't You Dance?" How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?
|
This section contains 705 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
