St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

Multiple Choice

1. D (“Ava Wrestles the Alligator,” “Haunting Olivia,” and “Accident Brief, Occurrence # 00/422”)

2. C (“The City of Shells” and “Accident Brief, Occurrence # 00/422”)

3. D (“The Star-Gazer’s Log of Summer-Time Crime,” “Lady Yeti and the Palace of Artificial Snows,” and “Z. Z.’s Sleep-Away Camp for Disordered Dreamers”)

4. B (Various stories)

5. A (Various stories)

6. C (Various stories)

7. B (Various stories)

8. B ( “Z. Z.’s Sleep-Away Camp for Disordered Dreamers” and “The Star-Gazer’s Log of Summer-Time Crime”)

9. D (“The Star-Gazer’s Log of Summer-Time Crime” and “The City of Shells”)

10. A (“St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves,” “Out to Sea,” “Lady Yeti and the Palace of Artificial Snows,” and “from Children’s Reminiscences of the Westward Migration”)

11. C (“The City of Shells” and “Ava Wrestles the Alligator”)

12. A (Various stories)

13. D (“Haunting Olivia,” “Accident Brief, Occurrence # 00/422,” and “The City of Shells”)

14. B (Various stories)

15. C (“The City of Shells” and “Haunting Olivia”)

Long Answer

1. In “from Children’s Reminiscences of the Westward Migration,” the father is a Minotaur, half human and half bull, and in “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves,” the sisters are the children of werewolves, half human and half wolf. The part of human nature that is bestial is embodied in these hybrid characters, and both stories are concerned with the impact of our “animal” nature. (“from Children’s Reminiscences of the Westward Migration” and “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves”)

2. Both girls have been exposed too soon to the world of adult sexuality. Ava “wrestles” with her problem, ultimately emerging as the hero of her own story. But Lillith actually retreats from her problem, symbolically allowing herself to be consumed by it when she nestles herself deeper and deeper into the giant shell. (“Ava Wrestles the Alligator” and “The City of Shells”)