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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. Where is the mysterious symbol on Amanda's body?

2. What story does Plucky tell the rednecks to appease their anger at the circus folk?

3. In what month did the Indo-Tibetan circus disband?

4. What instrument does Ziller play as Amanda sings during their first meeting?

5. Why do the rednecks at the bar disapprove of the circus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the potential obstacles to Amanda and John Paul's relationship and how do they work around them?

2. What happens to Amanda's pregnancy?

3. Describe the Society of the Felicitator.

4. Who is Amanda?

5. How does the narrator equate butterflies to John Paul and Amanda?

6. Why is Marx on the run from the government?

7. Why was Plucky discharged from the military?

8. What is significant about Plucky's job in logging?

9. Describe Amanda and John Paul's wedding ceremony.

10. How does John Paul pay for Amanda's hospitalization?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the possibilities that Marx, Plucky, and Ziller consider for the Corpse and why? What are the pros and cons to every idea? How do their personal viewpoints affect their opinions on the Corpse's fate? What are some of the morally gray areas about which the four of them are forced to debate in this regard? Discuss the answers to these questions in an essay. Cite specific examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Marx Marvelous's ideas about religion and how they are related to his belief that the Zillers are at the forefront of a new type of spirituality. Relate these ideas to his personal quest to discover his own need for spirituality (instead of relying on his logic), particularly how these conflicts stem from his childhood, as well as how it affects his ideas for the fate of the Corpse. Develop a clear thesis statement and cite specific examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What purpose does the cowboy play in "Another Roadside Attraction"? How are his interactions with Amanda related to Marx Marvelous's theories about Amanda's brand of mysticism being the religion of the future? What does this suggest about the cowboy himself? Discuss the answers to these questions in an essay about the cowboy. Develop a clear thesis statement and cite specific examples from the text to help support your answers.

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