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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. When Ginny apologizes for Paul to the narrator what does she accuse the narrator of doing?

2. What subject did Thomas love in college?

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

4. How many days did Charles sit silently at his murder trial?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Harold Green caught doing that angers people in the community?

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

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

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

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 Ruth want to advise Harold to do and what does she do instead?

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

10. What does Clair talk about during her part of the dinner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"A Loaf of Bread" - Of what are Brown and the white bread symbolic? Who do you think was right, Nelson, Harold, or neither? Why do you think this way?

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

"Why I like Country Music" - What role does love play in this story? In what way are stereotypes developed through this story? What role does one's culture during their formative years play into understanding others?

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