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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 was NOT a consequence Grant suffered as a result of his dalliances with female students?
2. Grant recalls "bare female toes creeping under" his "pants leg" (287) at what kind of party?
3. What term is used to describe Fiona's mother's political stance?
4. A supervisor at Meadowlake tells Grant that the patients on which floor have separate rules than the patients on Fiona's floor?
5. With how many other people does Fiona share a room at Meadowlake?
Short Essay Questions
1. What job had Fiona done prior to taking early retirement?
2. For what reason was Fiona ostracized by many of her peers at college?
3. What is the function of Grant's colleague within the context of the story?
4. What consequences did Fiona suffer as a result of Grant's infidelities?
5. What is Munro's purpose for including the detail about the scents of "dope and incense" (285)?
6. What details lead the reader to conclude that Fiona and Grant's marriage had positive qualities?
7. What comment does Fiona make on the way to Meadowlake that makes Grant want to turn the car around?
8. What question does Grant keep asking Kristy over and over during his first visit to see Fiona at Meadowlake?
9. In what ways does Grant consider his own past infidelities to be different from those of other "husbands and fathers" (284)?
10. When the narrative moves into the present, what setting is depicted?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the function of Kristy's character within the story? Discuss the characterization methods used by Munro in depicting Kristy and include in your discussion the reasons that Munro portrays Kristy in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 2
How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" and how does their treatment relate to the story's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 3
What is the function of Aubrey's character within the story? Discuss the characterization methods used by Munro in depicting Aubrey and include in your discussion the reasons that Munro portrays Aubrey in these particular ways.
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