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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 word used by the Captain in Chapter 81 means to explain?

2. What is the name of the cult that the narrator alludes to having worn Nikes when committing mass suicide in Chapter 103?

3. Into what business does the narrator storm, saying, "The worm. The worm. It knows what I know, and it wants to kill me," in Chapter 68?

4. What does Caden describe his doctor as always wearing in Chapter 84?

5. Hal claims in Chapter 110 that swastikas are symbols to the Indians that mean what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hal say about symbols in Chapter 110?

2. What phrase does Caden describe his father repeating and annoying him in Chapter 103? Why does it annoy Caden?

3. What does the Parrot solicit Caden to do in Chapter 71?

4. What new medication does Dr. Poirot prescribe for Caden in Chapter 114? Why?

5. What conspiracy does the Captain pull Caden into in Chapter 73?

6. What does Calliope solicit Caden to do for her in Chapter 100?

7. Why does Callie come to Caden's room at night in Chapter 111?

8. What information does Hal relate to Caden about his mother in Chapter 120?

9. How does Callie describe her history in the hospital in Chapter 106?

10. How does Caden describe the manufacturing of medication in Chapter 115?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the correlations between the parrot and Dr. Poirot in the novel. How are these characters reflective of one another? What is the objective of each character? How is that objective achieved?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of stigmas, stereotypes, and assumptions about mental illness and the treatment of mental illness in the novel. How does the author explore different cultural and historical views of mental illness? How did these views differ? How does the novel serve to confront stigmas?

Essay Topic 3

How does Caden describe the experience of his mental illness in the novel? In what ways is Caden's illness glorious to him? In what ways is it tragic? What emotions does Caden experience as he enters into his first "episode"?

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