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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 Marie get from the fridge for her and her husband at the end of the story?
2. What does Marie decide to do at the computer one day when she is filling in at the front desk for the owner?
3. Who is Amir?
4. How many tries does it take for Marie's car to start on her last day of work?
5. What did Marie promise Father James she would do after she confessed her affair to him?
Short Essay Questions
1. How will Marie and her husband support themselves financially in retirement?
2. How is Marie's body impacted by her work over the years?
3. What does Father James tell Marie about Amir and her relationship with him?
4. How much money does Marie earn in her final paycheck? How is this money received? How many weeks of work does her final pay cover? What happens when she gets to her car?
5. Why does Marie want to work a full shift on her last day? What does she want to do for herself?
6. How does the author describe the way Marie's work has damaged her hands and arms?
7. How does Marie feel about Evie's move? What does she keep as a memory of her friend?
8. What is Marie's husband doing when she gets home? What work did he do and when did he retire?
9. Who is Amir? What is Marie's relationship with Amir?
10. What does Marie say to Father James about her job in the section following the description of how her body has been impacted by her job? What does he say in response?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay examining Evie's postcard as a symbol in "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest." In what scenes does the postcard appear? What is the context? How does the postcard develop the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Alexie's decision to tell the story using third person point-of-view from Marie's perspective. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express its themes?
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