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Directions: Read the prompts below and answer each question.  Your answers should be specific, and should demonstrate that you understand the basic concept of the stories. Your answers should be proofed and free of grammatical and spelling errors. Plagiarized answers will receive 0 points with NO opportunity to rewrite–no exceptions.
1. Discuss how the setting is important in Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants” and in Stuart’s poem “In the Orchard.” Answer in a paragraph of at least 10 sentences. Include examples from these works. (20 pts)
2. How is Poe’s poem “The Raven” similar to a short story (= what features of a short story does this poem have)? Discuss how Poe characterizes the speaker and the raven. Answer in a paragraph of at least 10 sentences. Include examples from the poem. (20 pts)
3. Write a plot summary of Cisneros’s short story “Geraldo No Last Name.” According to the narrator, Marin didn’t  know Geraldo, yet she “can’t explain why it mattered”–why she spent so much time waiting “for somebody she didn’t even know.” Using examples from the story, discuss why you think Marin waited in the emergency room. Answer in a paragraph of at least 10 sentences. (20 pts)
4. Discuss the use of symbolism in Albee’s play The Sandbox. Answer in a paragraph of at least 10 sentences. Include examples from these works. (20 pts)
5. Personal response: What was your favorite reading this semester? Why? What was your least favorite? Why? Answer in a paragraph of at least 10 sentences. (20 pts)