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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. Whom does Catherine Tekakwitha's uncle call upon in Chapter 49 of "A History of Them All"?

2. What does Catherine's best friend say human tastes like?

3. What is Edith's problem in "A Long Letter from F."?

4. What does the narrator admit to longing for in Chapter 48 of "A History of Them All"?

5. What does the narrator find of Edith's that surprises him in Chapter 44?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Catherine's uncle's request of Catherine before he dies?

2. What does F. say about men and women in the beginning of "A Long Letter from F"?

3. What is the first miraculous event to have occurred after Catherine's death?

4. What does F. fear he did to the narrator in "A Long Letter from F"?

5. How does the experience with the woman who pleasures the narrator at the protest end?

6. What does the Argentine waiter do with Edith and F. at the hotel in "A Long Letter from F"?

7. What is Catherine's ailing uncle's final request of the women in the village?

8. Where does the narrator go when he leaves his apartment in Chapter 45 of "A History of Them All"? What does he think about there?

9. Where does Catherine travel to in "A Long Letter from F"?

10. What does the narrator find in Edith's drawer as she and F. are shooting heroin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what the "telephone game" is and why is this knowledge significant to the narrator.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the scene where the narrator finds Edith's holy water and when the narrator finds out about the emotional intimacy Edith and F. share.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character F. and his relationship to the narrator. What motivates or drives F.?

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