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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 is Tory's son's name?

2. What is Cooper embarrassed of?

3. Where is Mrs. Rodriguez located?

4. Who calls the police on Mr. Speed?

5. What is the name of the little person that Squawks Magrew meets?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Rondo jealous of Stella?

2. How is imagery used effectively as a literary device in "Innocence"?

3. How does Daniel push May away?

4. How is "You Could Look It Up" told?

5. How does William's character contrast from that of his wife's in "Marriage A La Mode"?

6. How does Elizabeth realize she used her power in the wrong way in "A Spinster's Tale"?

7. Briefly describe the Freudian theme in "My Oedipal Complex."

8. What does Laura betray in "Flowering Judas" and how?

9. What question does "The Use of Force" ask?

10. Describe Tory.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"The Third Prize" is about morality and charity. How are the themes of morality and charity reflected in the story? Does George's ends justify the means? Why or why not? Remember to answer each question with support from the story.

Essay Topic 2

In "Cruel and Barbarious Treatment," a married woman decides to reinvent herself. How does the woman in the story reinvent herself? Why does she reinvent herself? Does her reinvention succeed? Why or why not? Remember to answer each question with support from the story.

Essay Topic 3

Social class and responsibility are themes reflected in "The Boarding House." How are the themes of social class and responsibility reflected in the story? How is social responsibility used to manipulate another person, and why? Remember to answer each question with support from the story.

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