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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. Which author did Darma write his disseration on?

2. In "The Family M," who is Mark?

3. In "The Man With No Name," who thinks the narrator is nosy?

4. In "Joshua Karabish," what is the MLA?

5. In "The Family M," who is Marion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who scratches the narrator's car in "The Family M"?

2. Who ends up in a wheelchair in "The Family M"?

3. Which of the narrator's neighbors abuses animals, in "The Old Man with No Name"?

4. Why does the narrator of "The Family M" want Coke machines in the apartment building?

5. What street does the narrator live on in "The Old Man with No Name"?

6. In what decade did Darma attend university?

7. How does the narrator of "The Old Man with No Name" kill time when he feels lonely?

8. What was Darma most anxious about during his studies?

9. Who does the narrator of "The Family M" watch from his window?

10. What illness does Joshua have in "Joshua Karabish"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the relationship between Lebourne and the narrator in the story, "Charles Lebourne." What is the nature of this relationship? Is it positive or negative?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay discussing the relationship between the narrator and his neighbors in "The Old Man with No Name." What does the narrator make of his neighbors? What effect does living on Fess Avenue have on him?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing the character of Hester in "Orez." Why is Hester so anxious and apologetic throughout her marriage to the narrator? What aspects of her past have made her so fearful?

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