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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the hospital workers think Oberon's occupation is?
(a) Organic orchard owner.
(b) Landscaper.
(c) Chef.
(d) Holistic healer.

2. What does Titania tell the doctor the sole purpose of a boy should be?
(a) To play.
(b) To serve.
(c) To study.
(d) To sing.

3. Why do the boy's parents have little experience with illness?
(a) They are very young.
(b) They are immortal.
(c) They do not have friends or family.
(d) They are health fanatics.

4. What does Alice tell Titania about when explaining the importance of self-care?
(a) They have a quiet room she can nap in.
(b) They have a manicurist come very Wednesday.
(c) They have free massages every Tuesday.
(d) They have a hairdresser come in on the weekends.

5. What does Titania think is proof she loves her son more than Oberon?
(a) She listens to the doctors more attentively than Oberon.
(b) Her son always asks for his mommy.
(c) Their son appears healthier and happier in her presence.
(d) She noticed he was ill before Oberon did.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Alice?

2. After listening to the doctors silently, what does Oberon finally shout out from across the table?

3. Who is the author of "A Tiny Feast"?

4. What do the hospital workers think Oberon's name is?

5. What did Oberon rub on the boy's eyes to help him sleep when they first got him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Titania's reason for not being in her son's room after he wakes from his procedure? What does Oberon think of this excuse?

2. Describe Titania during their first conversation with Dr. Blork and Dr. Beadle. Describe Oberon.

3. Who is Alice? What does Titania complain to Alice about regarding the hospital?

4. What is Beastie? Describe Beastie physically.

5. How does Alice respond when Titania and Oberon begin to argue about the fact that Titania does not want to go in her son's room to see him after his procedure?

6. How does Titania feel about the appearance of the hospital and its staff? What does she say to Alice about this?

7. How do Alice and the doctors see Titania and Oberon through the glamour filter?

8. Why did Oberon bring the boy to Titania in the first place? How did she feel about this gift at first?

9. Describe the first morning the baby boy is with Titania. How do her feelings about him change?

10. Who are Titania and Oberon? Why are they in the hospital?

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