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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. How do the narrator and Hester react when Stevick dies in "Orez"?

2. Who is always anxious in "Orez"?

3. What does the narrator of "Yorrick" try to bring to a potluck?

4. How did the narrator's mother meet his father in "Charles Lebourne"?

5. Who is the narrator's doctor?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Orez," who is Stevick?

2. Why does the narrator hate Yorrick?

3. In "Charles Lebourne," how does the narrator's mother describe Lebourne?

4. Why does Mrs. Elberhart end up in the hospital?

5. Who is Yorrick?

6. Why does Hester want her husband to hurt her in "Orez"?

7. Who has a gallbladder condition in the story "Charles Lebourne"?

8. How does Mrs. Elberhart die?

9. Why does Catherine start hanging out at the narrator's house in "Yorrick"?

10. What is Primo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Death appears as a motif throughout the collection of stories. Expand upon this idea - what is the author's message to readers regarding death? Use evidence from the stories to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Many of the stories deal with people's relationships with their neighbors. Write an essay discussing the relationship between neighbors in one of this collection's stories. What is the nature of this relationship? Is it positive or negative?

Essay Topic 3

Several characters throughout the stories suffer from illnesses. In what ways does illness impact these characters and their lives?

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