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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. How much does Cedar say her unborn baby should be growing each week now on her entry on October 24 in Part II?
2. What author does Cedar say maybe has it right with the quote, "Our world is ending not with a bang but a puzzled whimper" (190)?
3. Who is said to be the author of Hildegard of Bingen in Part II?
4. What page number is listed at the top of Eddy's first letter to Cedar in Part II?
5. When was the Minneapolis Post Office erected?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Cedar's second rommate at the detainment center described when she is introduced in Part II?
2. What does Sera tell Cedar about Phil's apprehension in the caves in Part II?
3. What does Cedar learn about Phil from Orielee in Part II?
4. What does Cedar write to her magazine readers in Part II? Why?
5. How does Sera get into contact with Cedar at the hospital in Part II?
6. What do the rats signify when they appear in the caves?
7. Why is the painting in the recycling facility significant?
8. Who is Jessie and how is she described?
9. Why is Cedar's second roommate picking apart her blankets in Part II?
10. What are Tia's plans after her childbirth?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the setting of Future Home of the Living God. When and where does this story take place? What clues indicate the time period of the story? What distances do the characters travel?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author's use of religious allusion and references in Future Home of the Living God. What religions appear in the book? What direct references to the Bible are used? How do these allusions and references enrich the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the basic premise of evolutionary reversal as the backdrop for Future Home of the Living God. Is this premise scientifically viable? What happens to the offspring in the novel? What does this premise mean for the future of human and animal-kind?
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