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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 Ksyusha remember her borther and Ruslan playing together on the street outside her house?
2. What type of vehicle does Katya drive?
3. What time does Alyona tell Sophia a story in "August"?
4. What color streaks does Alisa have in her hair?
5. How close to home do the herders from Esso drive the deer in early summer?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ksyusha's family do for a living, and how did she join them as a child?
2. Why does Valentina decide to go to the hospital alone and not call anyone?
3. Who is Oksana, and why has she had a terrible summer?
4. What is Sophia like?
5. What does Valentina have on her chest?
6. Where does Valentina and her family go on the weekends?
7. Why does Olya decide to go see Diana after school?
8. Why does Katya think that her Suzuki will be a terrible sleeping quarters?
9. What does Olya's mother do for a living, and why is Olya on her own a lot?
10. Why does Valentina think that the Golosovky girls might be with their father?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Valentina has a blister that does not heal over several months. When does Valentina become concerned about the blister? What does a doctor tell her to do about the blister? What does the blister symbolize to Valentina?
Essay Topic 2
Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood in Disappearing Earth, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?
Essay Topic 3
Revmira lost her first husband when she was in her 20s. How did Revmira lose her first husband? How has that loss affected her life even decades later? How does she lose her second husband? How does Revmira deal with the tragedies in her life? How does she deal with her second loss differently than with her first?
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