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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. Where does the "boy" in "Eva" lie?

2. What is the protagonist of "Dialogue" going to have for breakfast?

3. In the end of "The Third Resignation," what does the protagonist die of?

4. What day is it at the beginning of "Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses"?

5. What does José offer to cook the woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the men of "The Night of the Curlews" become blind? Explain.

2. Why does the narrator of "Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses" want roses, and how does he get them?

3. Explain how the protagonist of "Dialogue" tries to fool his reflection and why.

4. In "Bitterness for Three Sleepwalkers," why do the sleepwalkers realize the woman had been a child once?

5. Describe some of the ways the woman has tried to find the man.

6. Describe the noise the protagonist of "The Third Resignation" hears.

7. Describe the setting of "The Woman who Came at Six O'Clock."

8. How does the dentist initially handle the Mayor's request in "One of These Days," and why?

9. Summarize what happens while the woman is talking to the priest in "Tuesday Siesta."

10. Summarize the relationship between the two characters in "Eyes of a Blue Dog."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the prominence of the theme of the progression of death in "Bitterness for Three Sleepwalkers," "The Third Resignation," and "Eva Is Inside Her Cat," comparing and contrasting its presence in the three stories.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the changing setting in "Eva Is Inside Her Cat" and how it affects the reader's understanding of the story's events.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the heroism of Nabo and another character.

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