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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. Why does the girl tell everyone the story of the night with the man in the driveway?
2. What word does the man use to address the boy and the girl?
3. What does the man tell the girl to pick for them?
4. What does the girl stop doing "after a time" (6) according to the final lines of the story?
5. What does the man say to the girl when she asks how much he wants for the desk?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the man and the girl dancing together at the end of the story.
2. What does the girl tell the other people about the night at the man's house?
3. What does the man tell the boy and girl about the record player after he turns off the TV?
4. Why does the girl just pick a record at random when the man tells her to pick something?
5. What does the man say about the neighbors watching him dance with the girl at the end of the story?
6. What does the man offer the boy and the girl to drink? What does he do after that?
7. What does the boy tell the man and the girl the whiskey does to him?
8. Why does the girl tell the story of the night at the man's house to everyone? Does she figure anything out?
9. What does the man drop on the sofa? Who helps him?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Carver's language style and word choice in "Why Don't You Dance?." What are some words that stand out to you and why? What words are repeated? What words are most impactful? Explain your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay describing the imagery used in "Why Don't You Dance?." Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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