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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 "Occupied," what "theme" does Ivy notice among the various protest signs (39)?
2. In "Polepole," what is "Kibera"?
3. In "The Torch," who is the husband waiting for at the end of the story?
4. In "Occupied," why does Ivy need to be home by 5:30?
5. In "Occupied," what cause did Ivy knock on doors for when she was younger?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Polepole," how do Daisy and "the man" react differently to his hitting the child?
2. In "The Torch," how does Andrew reveal his devotion to his wife?
3. In "Green Glass," what causes Tom's ex to slap him, and what is his response to the incident?
4. In "Occupied," what construction is happening near the park, and what is its significance?
5. In "Occupied," how does Ivy feel about her friends' advice about Dexter?
6. In "Polepole," what is Daisy's response to finding out that "the man" has a wife?
7. In "Green Glass," what concern does Fran express about Tom's relationship with his ex, and how does Tom respond to her concerns?
8. 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?
9. In "Occupied," where does Ivy stop on the way home from work, and why does she stop there?
10. In "Occupied," what is the rhetorical purpose of the many descriptions of individual protestors?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The significance of borders is always in question in Why I Don't Write: characters feel themselves dissolving or dissociate from their bodies, people struggle to keep the past from intruding on the present, and the boundaries between cultures and the living and the dead are not as clear-cut as we might ordinarily think them to be. Write an essay that takes and defends a position about borders in Minot's collection. Use evidence from at least three stories to support your claims.
Essay Topic 2
Some critics point out that Minot's writing appears to come from a place of privilege that marginalizes characters and concerns from outside of white, hetero-normative, middle- and upper-class society. Write an essay that responds in some way to this concern. You may affirm the idea, refute it, or qualify it. Support your ideas with textual evidence; if you use outside sources, cite them in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Minot uses fragmentation in both "Listen" and "Why I Don't Write." Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of this technique in these two stories. You might choose to write about similarities, differences, or some combination of the two, as long as your essay clearly makes an argument about both pieces and how fragmentation supports meaning in both.
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