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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 kind of weather vane was on the top of the birthday cake house?

2. What was it too soon for?

3. What style were they built in?

4. What is the source of David's money?

5. What Disney character is mentioned in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did David note about Elsie's gun?

2. Explain how David's character is revealed?

3. What was the difference between Dave and Anatole in the morning?

4. Why is David so bent out of shape about breakfast?

5. How does David describe Kate's presence on stage?

6. Why wouldn't anyone think that Kate did drugs?

7. What did the "birthday cake" house look like?

8. How did Kate feel about Elsie?

9. What is the difference that Kate has noticed in David's body from up close?

10. How did David justify that Kate wasn't exactly a domestic type?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how Elsie and the Old Cadillac belonging to Gus are perfect symbols. What do they symbolize and why? Look for contrasting symbols and try to explain what you think the author could have meant by using these symbols.

Essay Topic 2

What did the kitten Kate lost represent to her? What literary device is this? What did it mean to Kate when she had lost it? Do you think this is a normal reaction? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How did the interaction with Kate's parents help Dave to better understand her? In what ways would it be possible to feel sorry for a child living in such a household? How could this kind of parenting be responsible for productive and driven adults, but also depriving children of their only chance to be children?

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