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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 is Al's profession?

2. Where are the soldiers hiding in "Under the Ridge"?

3. How does the narrator of "A Natural History of the Dead" describe death?

4. Where is Jimmy going in "The Train Trip"?

5. What is the name of David's father's guide?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Blindy blinded?

2. What does the good lion do when he is mocked for his strange eating habits?

3. How does Mr. Wheeler keep contact with his son, and how do Stevie's doctor's feel about his progress in the mental institution?

4. What does Jimmy witness on "The Train Trip"?

5. How does Cayetano spend his days in the hospital?

6. What secret does Helena tell Robert after she drinks absinthe?

7. What makes Stevie's father disappointed in him?

8. What happens to the faithful bull when he is set out to breed?

9. What does the job that the narrator holds entail in "Black Ass at the Cross Roads"?

10. What happens when Harry and Wesley meet Captain Willie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There were many secrets made, kept, and told in these stories. What are some of these stories, and what significance do those secrets have on the plots they are involved in?

Essay Topic 2

There were a number of unfair restrictions discussed in these stories. What are some of these restrictions, and how does their presence affect the stories they are discussed in?

Essay Topic 3

The relationship between fear and courage is presented in a few of these stories. What is this relationship, and where is it displayed in these stories? How does the combination of these terms affect the course of those plots?

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