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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. In whose house does Celestine give birth?

2. What object does Karl keep through all his moves?

3. Sita reports in chapter 13 that she gave the sewing machine to whom?

4. What is the name of the hotel mentioned in chapter 11?

5. Whose prescription medications does Sita have stored away for her own use?

Short Essay Questions

1. As discussed in chapter 8, why does Sita feel bad about her estrangement from the Catholic Church?

2. Describe Wallace Pfef's experience in organizing the Beet Festival.

3. Describe Dot's appearance during the Beet Festival.

4. What is Celestine's opinion of Mary's cooking, as stated in chapter 11? Why does she hold this opinion?

5. Explain Mary's reaction to Celestine's Jell-O prank.

6. Why does Jude Miller come to Argus in chapter 14?

7. In chapter 12, what does Wallace Pfef plan in order to regain Dot's affection? Does he succeed? Explain.

8. Describe Sita's hallucination in chapter 8.

9. Describe Sita's house, as pictured in chapter 13.

10. Why does Mrs. Shumway send Dot to the "naughty box" in chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Mrs. Waldvogel in as much detail as possible and discuss her importance in Sita's life.

Essay Topic 2

How does the author's use of flashbacks throughout the novel fill in the reader's sense of the characters' history? Choose one character and discuss his or her life prior to the novel, as expressed in flashbacks, and then explain how this method of conveying history is helpful or unhelpful to the reader.

Essay Topic 3

Describe in detail the character of Fleur Pillager and her role in the novel.

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