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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. Where is Clarissa spending the summer?

2. Who tries to get James Clancy fired?

3. What are the Whitemores concerned about financially?

4. What was Cash previously a star in?

5. Who dies at the end of "O Youth and Beauty?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Irene hate the new radio?

2. What becomes evident about Lawrence at Laud's Head?

3. How is Clarissa described in "The Chaste Clarissa?"

4. What is the background of the relationship between Ralph and Laura Whittemore?

5. How does Clancy do when he first starts his job in "Clancy in the Tower of Babel?"

6. What baffles Clancy when he ends up in the hospital?

7. Why don't the other Pomeroy children like Lawrence?

8. Who are the Crutchmans in "The Worm in the Apple?"

9. Who does the Pomeroy family consist of?

10. How does Cash feel about his former days as a track star in "O Youth and Beauty?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "The Angel of the Bridge," how does the son's avoidance of his own issues manifest itself in a fear? What did he focus on when he was avoiding his own fears?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Clarissa's character and why she finally succumbs to Baxter's attempts to get close to her physically.

Essay Topic 3

In "The Enormous Radio," describe the changes that occur in the character of Irene when she gets a new radio. Be sure to describe her life before the new and radio and her obsessions and attitude afterward.

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