House of Sand and Fog Test | Final Test - Hard

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House of Sand and Fog Test | Final Test - Hard

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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 does Kathy want from Lester now that she realizes they can never recover the house?

2. Why is Behrani upset that he has called Lester by his name?

3. What does the deputy guarding Kathy tell her is likely to happen to Lester?

4. When Esmail learns that Kathy has tried to commit suicide, what is his response?

5. Why does Nadereh believe the Behranis must help Kathy?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Kathy takes the pills to kill herself, how does her attitude toward the Behranis change?

2. When Nadereh told Lester that her husband was "only good," Behrani believed that she had a different meaning than a positive comment on his character. What does Behrani believe Nadereh meant?

3. Why does Kathy go sit in the car to wait for Lester to return? Why doesn't she stay inside the house?

4. Behrani says that he sometimes believes he is being punished. What does he think he is being punished for, and how is this similar to Kathy's feelings?

5. What is Connie Walsh's planned defense for Kathy?

6. Lester becomes suspicious of Esmail. What causes this reaction?

7. Nadereh berates Behrani while he repairs her mother's table, but he lets her insults "pass over like training jets with no ammunition." Why doesn't he respond to her tirade, and what does she finally say that causes him to enter the argument?

8. How does Kathy feel as she goes back into the house to wait for Lester?

9. As Kathy reviews events in her mind, she believes that she was willing to let Lester do anything to put off one moment. What is she so anxious to postpone?

10. How do his fellow officers feel about Lester after he has been arrested?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Main characters in this story reach a point where each feels that he is through with lies and deception. Analyze the importance of deception in this story. What does each of the men pretend to be that he is not? What do you think Dubus is trying to teach us about lies?

Essay Topic 2

The breaking of promises is a significant theme in this story. Behrani, Kathy, and Lester all make vows and break them. Choose one of the three characters. Analyze the promises they make and their motivation for breaking those promises. For example, the HALT advice for addicts is useful, but ignored by Kathy. How might the story have been different if she and/or Lester had followed the HALT prescription?

Essay Topic 3

The gun is an important symbol in this story. Those who are holding it sometimes feel stronger when they have it, sometimes weaker, as if it is a burden. In your essay, track the path of the gun from hand to hand, with the effect that it has on each person who carries it. Start with this thought: Do you think it is unusual that Lester would leave his gun with Kathy? Do policemen do such things under normal circumstances? What do you make of that occurrence?

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