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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 name does Fredricka prefer not to be called?

2. Which of the following is not something the Asians report missing?

3. What nationality does Leon think the man who summoned them is?

4. How long ago did Jones first notice trouble between Charles and Johnson?

5. How do the other diners look at the people involved in the theft?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Charles interrupts his attorney's summation?

2. What are the Foster's doing because it was recommended and because they are tired of tourism?

3. How does Charles seem to others and what does this lead people to think about the events that lead to his trial?

4. Why does the editor feel obliged to impose order on the piece of writing in front of him?

5. How does Leon describe his landlady?

6. What does the narrator say that he is enough of a realist to accept?

7. When Mrs. Richards bets a woman is fattening Louis up for the fry, about what does Louis think?

8. What makes Eunice wonder about the hotel's breakfast calls?

9. What is the first parable about the narrator shares?

10. What does the group of storytellers who Ginny joined consider themselves and what happens to change this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"A Sense of Story" - In this story the judge demands that the rules of society apply to people of all races equally. Why was this a new concept? Do you think a judge would need to demand this today? Do you believe there is still racial inequality in the judicial system? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

"The Silver Bullet" - In what way does this story show that everyone is corrupt? Do you agree that there is much more corruption in society? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

"Widows and Orphans"- How does Louis view Clair? How does Clair view Louis? In what ways do these two views coincide? In what ways do they differ?

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