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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 does the man have in his sack as he approaches the house?
2. What part of the house is the man in at the start of the story?
3. What is the first thing the boy plugs in when they stop in the man's driveway to look at the items?
4. How does the reader know people in the neighborhood are watching the boy and the girl in the driveway alone?
5. How much does the girl offer for the man after the man tells them how much he wanted?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the boy's name? What is the girl asking the boy to do the one and only time his name is mentioned in the story?
2. How do the boy and girl bargain with the man for the items they ask about? Who seems in charge of the negotiations?
3. Aside from the bed, what items from the man's home are now outside of his house?
4. Why does the girl tell the boy he should offer $10 less than whatever they are asking?
5. Instead of seeing if anyone is home as he said he would, what does the boy do after the girl asked him to kiss her?
6. What is the first thing the girl does when they get out of their car and begin to look at the items?
7. What is the first thing the man says to the girl when he sees the two at his house?
8. What is inside the man's house at the start of the story?
9. Why do the boy and the girl need furniture?
10. What two things does the boy do "for no good reason" (2) instead of seeing if anyone is home as he said he would?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the themes?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay examining the ending of "Why Don't You Dance?" How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?
Essay Topic 3
Read a review of "Why Don't You Dance?." Write an essay about how this review impacted your own views or understanding of the story.
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