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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 Someone Like You, what did the old friends previously do together?

2. In The Soldier, Robert gets disoriented about ___________.

3. In Skin, how does Drioli know Soutine?

4. In Katina, the girl is from ______________.

5. In Death of an Old Man, how does Charlie feel as he dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Skin, what makes Drioli's back so valuable?

2. In They Shall Not Grow Old, what does Fin see before he dies?

3. Why does Katina not do what is asked of her by the medics?

4. In An African Story, why does the old farmer become angry with his servant?

5. Why do the pilots want to punish Madame Rosette?

6. In A Piece of Cake, what do crews warn a pilot about, and what is his reaction to these warnings?

7. In Beware of the Dog, what does the pilot vow to do when he is captured?

8. In Vengeance is Mine Inc., what did the owners of the business do?

9. In Poison, what does Pope tell Timber when he first comes home one night?

10. In the Soldier, how does Robert try to kill his wife? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happened to George when he was a child in "Georgy Porgy," and how did this affect his life as an adult?

Essay Topic 2

Roald Dahl includes some ingenious forms of irony in these stories. What are some of these examples, and how does their ironic nature affect the plot of the stories in which they are included?

Essay Topic 3

Despair was an emotion that affected a number of the characters in these stories. Which characters were most affected by despair, and how did this change the course of the plots in which they were involved?

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