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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 girl tell the boy she wants to buy after the man drops his cigarette between the couch cushions?
2. What does the girl do after she is done dancing with the boy?
3. What word does the man use to address the boy and the girl?
4. What does the boy tell them the whiskey does as he holds up the glass and jiggles it?
5. What is the man doing when his cigarette drops between the couch cushions?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the man suggest the boy and girl do after he puts on a second record? What does the boy think of this suggestion?
2. What does the man drop on the sofa? Who helps him?
3. What does the man tell the boy and girl about the record player after he turns off the TV?
4. What does the man offer the boy and the girl to drink? What does he do after that?
5. Why does the girl just pick a record at random when the man tells her to pick something?
6. What does the girl tell the other people about the night at the man's house?
7. Describe the man and the girl dancing together at the end of the story.
8. What does the man say about the neighbors watching him dance with the girl at the end of the story?
9. What does the man think as he watches the faces of the boy and girl in the lamplight?
10. What does the boy tell the man and the girl the whiskey does to him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring conflict in "Why Don't You Dance?". What conflicts exist? How are these conflicts managed?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay comparing and contrasting Jack and the man in "Why Don't You Dance?." What details help develop their character and what do these details tell you about them? What is their background? How do they meet? How do they interact? In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Carver’s focus on the theme of intimacy as presented in the story.
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