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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. Who helps Janina get her stove going again in Chapter 6?

2. Who does Janina see in her boiler room at the end of Chapter 5?

3. What is the only television channel that Janina watches?

4. What helps the pains in Janina's bones?

5. What does Dizzy call a sharp bend on the road where accidents often occur?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What information does Janina provide about Oddball in Chapter 2?

5. What do the men have Janina do when she comes to Big Foot's house in Chapter 3?

6. How does Janina remember trying to care for Big Foot's dog?

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

8. In Chapter 6, what does Janina think she might do next winter?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is the protagonist and who is the antagonist and why? Is there more than one protagonist or antagonist?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is where a novel takes place. Is the setting a neutral background, not important to the novel, or does the setting take on the role of a character?

Essay Topic 3

Janina and Oddball are neighbors. What is their relationship at the beginning of the novel? How does their relationship change over the course of the book?

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