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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 type of dog does Lois have in "Cloudland," which the narrator is watching?

2. In the second half of "Cloudland," what day is it?

3. What type of salad do the narrator and her friends have, in "The Second Seating"?

4. What food will the narrator fix in "Cloudland" for her patients?

5. How many carets does the narrator of "Cloudland" say that the diamond in Mariah Carey's engagement ring weights?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator in "Water Damage" learn about the home where she had her baby?

2. In "The Correct Grip," what happened to a friend of the narrator?

3. In "Cloudland," what is the only race the narrator ever ran, and how does she describe the race?

4. What advice does the wife of the narrator's attacker ask in "The Correct Grip," and what advice does the narrator give?

5. What is karst and its hazards?

6. In "Moonbow," what does the narrator see and why is it unusual?

7. In "Cloudland," what happens to the man arrested for sexual abuse?

8. In "The Second Seating," what do the narrator and friends have to eat and drink?

9. In "Cloudland," when there is to be a freeze, what advice does a nursery clerk give the narrator?

10. What does the white cross commemorate that is on the grassy median where the narrator turns to get to her house in "Cloudland"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After a woman is attacked in “The Correct Grip,” her attacker’s wife calls her. Why does the wife of the narrator’s attacker call her? How does the woman get the narrator’s phone number? What is revealed about the woman in the conversation she has with the narrator? What is revealed about resourcefulness and resilience through the woman?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses different points of view in the stories. What points of view are used in the various stories? How do these points of view affect what the reader knows and feels about situations and characters?

Essay Topic 3

The protagonist in a story is the hero, and the antagonist is the person who usually causes the most conflicts for the protagonist. In “A Full Service Shelter,” is there more than one protagonist or antagonist? What conflicts does the protagonist have to deal with that is caused by the antagonist? How do those conflicts affect the plot?

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