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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 Janina call a fox she sees who comes and goes from the Czech Republic?

2. In Chapter 7, what type of coffee is Janina served at the police station?

3. What are the hunters wearing in Chapter 5?

4. What type of vehicle does Dizzy drive?

5. Who comes to Janina's house in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Janina have to be careful how she cooks for Dizzy?

2. How many cottages are inhabited year round in Luftzug, and who lives in them?

3. Where does Janina bury the deer's head in Chapter 4, and what else is buried there?

4. In Chapter 7, how is Janina feeling in mid-March, and where does she go?

5. Where do Oddball and Janina have to go to call the police in Chapter 1?

6. In Chapter 7, what does Oddball say he heard the day that the Commandant died?

7. Why does Janina say that she is not a good astrologer?

8. What happens when Janina confronts the hunters in Chapter 5?

9. In Chapter 3, who comes to Janina's house, and what do they want?

10. What information is learned about the Commandant and his death in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Boros Sznajder is an entomologist. What does an entomologist study? What is Boros’s purpose as an entomologist? Why might people consider some endangered species more important than others?

Essay Topic 2

Janina has health problems. What does Janina call her health problems? How does she lose control when she has her ailments? What do the ailments symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

Point of view influences what readers know about events and characters. What is the point of view of the novel, and how does it influence what readers know about events and characters?

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