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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 the narrator’s mother say when casting spells in "My Evil Mother"?

2. What status is the alien in "Impatient Griselda"?

3. In "Morte De Smudgie," what is Smudgie diagnosed with?

4. In "The Dead Interview," what does Orwell call bodies?

5. In "My Evil Mother," what creature does the narrator believe her father is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Csilla look like?

2. What is the plot of François' play?

3. How does the meeting between the narrator’s mother and her fiancé go?

4. Describe the Duke’s death and the circumstances leading up to it.

5. Summarize the alien’s story in a few sentences.

6. What does John’s country house look like in “Two Scorched Men”?

7. Describe the male admirers of both Lynne and Csilla during their younger days.

8. How does the phone call between Jason and Lynne go?

9. Why is Orwell’s father disappointed in him?

10. Describe the narrator’s relationship with her father when she was younger.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the relationship between narration and storytelling. How does narration affect your interpretation of the characters in "Two Scorched Men" and/or "Metempsychosis."

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about one of Atwood’s short stories where the tone and mood are different. Why does she do this and what effect does she achieve? Make sure to identify both the mood and tone.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the narrator and her mother’s attitude toward parenting in "My Evil Mother." Do you believe the narrator resembles her mother at the end of the story? If so, what point do you think Atwood is trying to make?

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