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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. As Brian is considering the implications of Rolph's letter, where does he suddenly realize he is standing?
2. Who is responsible for supervising the Monitors at night?
3. What prevents Brian from following Amy when she runs away from the Monitor supervisors?
4. Where did Rolph learn about the surface world?
5. What does Mr. Regis say governs whether people have a pleasant day or not?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the Slough?
2. What important information does Brian learn from Rolph's letter?
3. Describe how the bodies of dead workers are disposed of.
4. What does Mr. Regis say during the funeral for the workers who have been killed?
5. What does Rolph suggest are some possible reasons for their community being put underground?
6. How is Brian feeling when he first heads over to Dining to look for Amy, and why?
7. What puzzles Brian about the air, water, electricity, and food that they use in the underground community?
8. When Brian is looking for Amy in Dining, who finds Brian, and what do they want from him?
9. What causes Brian to realize that he is in love with Amy?
10. When Brian goes to look for Amy in Dining, what does he think when he sees Jim, and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you explore the layers of meaning in Saunders' use of an amusement park as a setting for "Ghoul." Offer evidence from the text to support your claims.
Essay Topic 2
On pages 33 and 34, Brian says that his intention is to copy and distribute the letters and his own story "so that all may know the truth and be moved to ask, perhaps in some quiet moment, Is this world that we have made (which, for the soundest of reasons, we made, along the way, quite harsh) a world in which lovers may thrive?" Write an essay that explores the meaning of this quote within the context of the story as a whole. Support your claims with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that analyzes "Ghoul" as satire. Support your arguments with textual evidence.
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