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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 say to the girl as they dance as the end of the story?
2. What does the man offer the boy and girl?
3. What does the boy say after he and the girl dance to a few records in the driveway?
4. What does the man tell the boy and girl he is going to do after he turns off the TV?
5. What does the girl stop doing "after a time" (6) according to the final lines of the story?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the man offer the boy and the girl to drink? What does he do after that?
2. What does the man drop on the sofa? Who helps him?
3. What does the man say about the neighbors watching him dance with the girl 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. What does the girl tell the other people about the night at the man's house?
6. Why does the girl just pick a record at random when the man tells her to pick something?
7. 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?
8. What does the boy tell the man and the girl the whiskey does to him?
9. What does the man tell the boy and girl about the record player after he turns off the TV?
10. Describe the man and the girl dancing together at the end of the story.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Carver of "Why Don't You Dance?." Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
Essay Topic 2
Genre is a category assigned to a literary work. What are some genres that could be used to classify this story? What is the main genre of the story? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay describing the imagery used in "Why Don't You Dance?." Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
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