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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. What does Hassan record with the machine they have been using for interviews?

2. Who is Roy?

3. Why does Colin go down to the game room in Lindsey's house?

4. What may Hollis be doing that is illegal?

5. What happens when Colin fires at a wild pig?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Colin continue to work on and how is it going?

2. How do Colin and Hassan get separated from the others?

3. What has Colin figured out about the supposed Archduke's grave and what is Lindsey's response?

4. What does Hollis tell Colin and Hassan about Lindsey when they get home from Memphis?

5. Describe the fight that starts by Hassan playing the confessions of Katrina and Colin that Hassan recorded.

6. Who are the boys supposed to interview the day after the fight?

7. What do Lindsey and Colin drink in the cave?

8. How does Hollis explain Roy's actions with the bulldozer?

9. What do Colin and Hassan witness in the cemetery?

10. What do Colin and Hassan do first thing the morning after the fight and what does Lindsey say about the fight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss "An Abundance of Katherines" based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if this is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider "An Abundance of Katherines" a successful novel? What about young teens?

Essay Topic 2

Sometimes a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and sometimes it is the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think "An Abundance of Katherines" is? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "An Abundance of Katherines". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of self awareness in "An Abundance of Katherines". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess self awareness? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of letting go of the past in "An Abundance of Katherines". How does Colin finally realize he needs to look to the future? How does his struggle bring him to that point? What events propel him into the future? What other characters struggle with letting go of the past?

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