Option #1:  Board of Directors Essay Imagine that you work as a volunteer for the local community animal shelter called ABC Animal Rescue. You have volunteered for approximately four years. The Board of Directors has asked you to meet with a group of 25 volunteers and the local community during a fundraising event.  The Board requested that you mingle with the volunteers, many of which you already know, and the local community members. The purpose of your mingling is to build relationships and trust between the organization (ABC Animal Rescue) and the community/volunteers. You agree because you are passionate about this cause. Using the results of the “New Drivers of Leadership” self-assessment, and the 10 traits from the Jones (2015) article “What Employees Want in a Leader,” describe how you would approach the community and volunteers to build relationships and trust.

QUESTION 1Read the poem which follows and select the emotions and imagery of an outsider's perspective of death that also appear in The Sweet Hereafter."There's been a Death, in the Opposite House" by Emily DickinsonThere's been a Death, in the Opposite House,As lately as Today —I know it, by the numb lookSuch Houses have — always —The Neighbors rustle in and out —The Doctor — drives away —A Window opens like a Pod —Abrupt — mechanically —Somebody flings a Mattress out —The Children hurry by —They wonder if it died — on that —I used to — when a Boy —The Minister — goes stiffly in —As if the House were His —And He owned all the Mourners — now —And little Boys — besides —And then the Milliner — and the ManOf the Appalling Trade —To take the measure of the House —There'll be that Dark Parade —Of Tassels — and of Coaches — soon —It's easy as a Sign —The Intuition of the News —In just a Country Town — THE IMAGE OF THE UNDERTAKER The numbness of the bereaved The curiosity of the childrenThe image of the casket and the procession Survivors looking to the church for comfort3 points QUESTION 2Read the poem which follows and select the emotions and imagery of a parent's perspective on a child's death that also appear in The Sweet Hereafter."Luna Rayne" by Susan MichalskiI hold this tiny thought in my fistif my moon girl could she'd dancethrough the storm puddles left behind in my next dreamand sing like rain on canvas for one brilliant momentas I recall THE LONELY IMAGE OF THE MOONThe feeling of anger like a fistThe feeling of being in a dream The feeling of living in memories The feeling of joy one has when dancing3 points QUESTION 3Read the poem which follows and select the symbols and imagery of death that also appear in The Sweet Hereafter."Absence" by Amy LowellMy cup is empty to-night,Cold and dry are its sides,Chilled by the wind from the open window.Empty and void, it sparkles white in the moonlight.The room is filled with the strange scentOf wisteria blossoms.They sway in the moon's radianceAnd tap against the wall.But the cup of my heart is still,And cold, and empty.When you come, it brimsRed and trembling with blood,Heart's blood for your drinking;To fill your mouth with loveAnd the bitter-sweet taste of a soul. THE COLDThe darkness The color redThe sweetness The empty cup3 points QUESTION 4Read the poem which follows and select the emotions and imagery of an outsider's perspective of death that also appear in The Sweet Hereafter."Every Death Is Magic from the Enemy to Be Avenged" by Brooks HaxtonWhen fever burned the last light out of my daughter's eyes,I swore to find and kill the ones to blame. Menmust mount the long boat in the dark with spears.At dawn, where the flowering spicebush hid my scent,I crouched. A young wife, newborn slung across her chest,came first for spring water. She stooped. My god,for vengeance, spoke her secret name inside my ear. Her godstepped back with no scream, his right hand at his mouth,the knuckles clenched between the pointed teeth.THE IDEA OF SECRETS BEING TOLD The idea of assigning blameThe image of the flowering bush The image of the pointy teeth The image of the newborn3 points QUESTION 5Which lines from The Sweet Hereafter do the following lines (see stanza 5 in bold typeface) from the Emily Dickinson poem relate most closely to?"There's been a Death, in the Opposite House" by Emily DickinsonThere's been a Death, in the Opposite House,As lately as Today —I know it, by the numb lookSuch Houses have — always —The Neighbors rustle in and out —The Doctor — drives away —A Window opens like a Pod —Abrupt — mechanically —Somebody flings a Mattress out —The Children hurry by —They wonder if it died — on that —I used to — when a Boy —The Minister — goes stiffly in —As if the House were His —And He owned all the Mourners — now —And little Boys — besides —And then the Milliner — and the ManOf the Appalling Trade —To take the measure of the House —There'll be that Dark Parade —Of Tassels — and of Coaches — soon —It's easy as a Sign —The Intuition of the News —In just a Country Town —"'SHOW ME MY ROOM, DADDY.'...IT WAS ALL VERY NICE LIKE MY OWN APARTMENT.""THE PALLBEARERS STEPPED FORWARD...AND TOOK THEIR POSTS BY THE CASKETS.""THE GIRL HAS DONE US ALL, EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN TOWN, A VALUABLE SERVICE.""ANGRY? YES I'M ANGRY; I'D BE A LOUSY LAWYER IF I WASN'T."3 points QUESTION 6The following quote spoken by Nichole is meant by the author to describe which other family in the story?"We were becoming a strange family, divided between parents and children, and even among the children we were divided ... No one in the family trusted anyone else in the family"THE DRISCOLL FAMILYTHE WENDELL FAMILYTHE FAMILY OF SAM DENTTHE OTTO FAMILY3 points QUESTION 7In section 5 of The Sweet Hereafter, what is the central symbol for Dolores Driscoll and her outcome?BOOMER COMING OUT THE WINNER IN THE DEMOLITION DERBYHELPING ABBOTT UP THE STAIRS ALONEBILLY ANSEL'S BOTTLE OF BOOZEDARKNESS FALLING ON THE FAIRGROUND3 points QUESTION 8Which relationship in The Sweet Hereafter do the following lines from the poem "Absence" by Amy Lowell best relate to?"But the cup of my heart is still,And cold, and empty.When you come, it brimsRed and trembling with blood,Heart's blood for your drinking;"NICHOLE AND HER FATHERDOLORES AND ABBOTTMITCHELL AND ZOEBILLY AND RISA3 points QUESTION 9Match each kind of figurative language from a poem with the same kind of figurative language from the novel The Sweet Hereafter. - A. B. C. "THE SKELETON OF THE FERRIS WHEEL...CALLED OUT TO ME"Read Answer Items for Question 9 - A. B. C. "WE SOUNDED LIKE STRANGERS, SITTING IN A DENTIST'S WAITING ROOM."Read Answer Items for Question 9 - A. B. C. "IN VIETNAM HE WAS FIELD COMMISSIONED."Read Answer Items for Question 9AnswerA."At the word, the saw,/As if to prove saws knew what supper meant,/Leaped out at the boy's hand"B."A Window opens like a Pod"C."A piercing Comfort it affords/In passing Calvary – / To note the fashions – of the Cross – "QUESTION 10In three or four paragraphs, compare and contrast the irony of Nichole's reasons for lying to the court about the accident to another well-known character who lies that you have encountered in literature. Which of these characters had a better reason to lie: your character or Nichole? Which of these characters got the outcome they hoped for when they told the lie? What does the irony in each story say about the nature of truth and lies? (Note: some famous literary liars you might consider writing about are: Elizabeth Proctor or Abigail Williams from The Crucible; Odysseus from The Odyssey; Romeo from Romeo and Juliet; Tom or Daisy Buchanan from The Great Gatsby; Arthur Dimmesdale from the Scarlet Letter; the narrator or Marla Singer fromFight Club; Cyrano or Christian from Cyrano de Bergerac; Sheherazhad from Arabian Nights; Huck Finn from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Pip from Great Expectations, or a liar of your choice from a book or play you have read/seen)