Where I'm Calling From Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Where I'm Calling From Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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 kind of New Year's Eve cake is it?

2. How old is J.P. when he falls down a dry well?

3. What does J.P. look like?

4. What is J.P.'s real name?

5. Where on their bodies do many residents at the facility, including J.P., have cuts?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator want to ask Tiny more about his seizure?

2. Why does the proprietor get a cake for New Year's Eve?

3. Why does the narrator not give his name?

4. What is the significance of Christmas in the story?

5. How do the narrator's two trips to the treatment facility differ?

6. Give an example of a character feeling stigmatized.

7. What does Frank Martin's name suggest?

8. In the section about the landlord, what does the narrator's nakedness represent?

9. Why does Roxy say yes to a date with J.P.?

10. What is the significance of mentioning the razor nicks on J.P.'s and other residents' faces?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the contrasting symbolism of the well and the chimney.

Essay Topic 2

How do compassion and forgiveness figure into the story?

Essay Topic 3

Compare how humility and arrogance are used in the story.

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