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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. In "Green Glass," what assumption does Tom make about Fran's relationship with the lawyer?
2. In "The Torch," why is the woman unsure who is with her and what is going on?
3. On page of 8 of "Polepole," what does "the man" say to Daisy that causes her to accuse him of insincerity?
4. In "The Torch," the woman's arm is compared in a simile to what object?
5. In "Occupied," what does Ivy think about the protest encampment when she first sees it?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Occupied," what is the thematic significance of Ivy's realization that the encampment seems larger and more substantial in photographs that she has seen of it?
2. In "Polepole," what is the significance of Bragg's wink when he leaves Daisy to talk with "the man"?
3. In "Polepole," what symbolic significance is there in the sequence of events as Daisy and the man drive into his driveway and then enter his house?
4. In "Polepole," after the man tells Daisy that he "needs" to kiss her, she "felt the outline of herself begin to dissolve" (5). Why does the man have this effect on Daisy?
5. In "Occupied," where does Ivy stop on the way home from work, and why does she stop there?
6. In "Occupied," how does Ivy feel about her friends' advice about Dexter?
7. In "Occupied," what is implied by the repeated descriptions of the wind?
8. In "Green Glass," what causes Tom's ex to slap him, and what is his response to the incident?
9. In "Green Glass," how does Tom react when he realizes that Fran was once romantically involved with the lawyer at the party?
10. On page 55 of "Green Glass," what does Fran mean when she says, "Men like to think women aren't sensitive, at convenient times"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many of the stories in Why I Don't Write are concerned with time: the past intrudes on the present, time expands and contracts around the characters. Write an essay that takes and defends a position about the role of time in Minot's collection. Use evidence from at least three stories to support your claims.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you consider the symbolic significance of the title "Occupied." Discuss both the characteristics of this movement as revealed in the story and the relationship of that movement to Ivy's life and psychology. Use evidence from the text to support your claims.
Essay Topic 3
Several of the stories in the collection Why I Write feature women who feel as if they are in an altered state--hypnotic, dreaming, and so on--when they are with certain men. Write an essay that traces this thematic motif through at least three of the stories; explain how it is developed and what its significance is. Support your claims with textual evidence.
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