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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 do after telling the boy and girl he will sell them the record player for cheap?
2. What does the man say to the girl as they dance as the end of the story?
3. Why does the girl tell everyone the story of the night with the man in the driveway?
4. What does the girl tell the boy she wants in the drink he pours her?
5. What does the man offer the boy and girl?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the girl tell the other people about the night at the man's house?
2. Why does the girl tell the story of the night at the man's house to everyone? Does she figure anything out?
3. Describe the man and the girl dancing together at the end of the story.
4. What does the man think as he watches the faces of the boy and girl in the lamplight?
5. Why does the girl just pick a record at random when the man tells her to pick something?
6. What does the man offer the boy and the girl to drink? What does he do after that?
7. What does the boy tell the man and the girl the whiskey does to him?
8. What does the man tell the boy and girl about the record player after he turns off the TV?
9. What does the man drop on the sofa? Who helps 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
Read a review of "Why Don't You Dance?." Write an essay about how this review impacted your own views or understanding of the story.
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
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?
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