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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. Who is Hanna's husband?
2. In what way is Hanna deceiving her husband?
3. What do Father Minty and Rebekah do for dates?
4. How does the stone thrower's wife feel about her child with the stone thrower?
5. What does Hanna do to signal to her husband that she is leaving him?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Hanna react when she sees her mother for the first time in 16 years?
2. Why does the narrator's mother in the story "A Pat" tell her to befriend the saddest and most desperate people?
3. What does the stone thrower's wife enjoy most about her days?
4. What does Father Michael realize at the end of "Bad Priest" about his mother's knowledge of his private life?
5. What does Teresa tell Stephanie that surprises her at the end of the story "In the Event of My Father's Death"?
6. What is the narrator's husband, David, concerned about in relation to the narrator's health in the story "Bone Density"?
7. What secret of her own does the narrator keep from her unfaithful husband David in "Bone Density"?
8. What is appealing to Rebekah about her affair with Father Michael?
9. Why does Natasha seem to feel responsible for her child's fatal accident in "Break All the Way Down"?
10. What unique ability do Hanna and Anna share?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the story "Water, All Its Weight," both Bianca's parents and her husband eventually abandon her because of the rot and decay that accompany her wherever she goes. Write an essay exploring how Bianca seems to handle being abandoned by the people closest to her at different stages of her life.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring how Gay uses the idea of bone density in the story "Bone Density" both literally and figuratively to highlight the divisions and discord between the narrator and her husband, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the metaphors Gay uses in the story "The Sacrifice of Darkness" to explain the desperation and subjugation of the working classes. Cite specific references from the text in your answer.
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