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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 did Charles harm?

2. How long ago did Louis give Clair an engagement ring?

3. About what does the woman who sits next to the Fosters complain?

4. Why was the narrator's favorite waitress fired?

5. To what does the author say that great myths have been reduced?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leon say that causes her to call her husband a bigot?

2. What does Harold's wife, Ruth, demand he do and if he doesn't follow through, what does she say will happen?

3. Describe the Redeemer's friends as he sees them.

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

5. What does Jed Jones say happened after he heard the shots?

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

7. What does Charles do that is unlike Detroit-born mechanics and what does he think will happen as a result of this?

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

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

10. What does the narrator say great literature has given way to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Problems of Art" -The story ended with the reader learning that Mrs. Farragot had indeed been drinking. Did you find this surprising? Why or why not? Do you think she was drunk the night of the incident? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

"The Story of a Dead Man" - In what way are the two main characters in this story alike? In what ways are they different? Why do you think one would become an accomplished liar? What would make a person become an accomplished liar?

Essay Topic 3

"Widows and Orphans"- In what ways does this story look at blacks who have escaped the rural life in a disparaging manner? Do you believe this view still exists today? Why or why not?

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