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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Cedar hide her liquor and ammunition in Part I?
(a) Under the railings of her fire escape.
(b) In the basement of the church.
(c) In her parents' basement.
(d) In the walls of her house.

2. What does Cedar believe Eddy's book serves as for him?
(a) Therapy.
(b) Idolation.
(c) Revenge.
(d) An apology.

3. What Russian novelist is Eddy's favorite?
(a) Pushkin.
(b) Dostoyevsky.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Nabokov.

4. What are Cedar's adoptive parents referred to as being in the first sentence of Part I?
(a) Tennessee rednecks.
(b) New York conservatives.
(c) Minneapolis liberals.
(d) California liberals.

5. What outstanding feature does Cedar describe of her baby's father in Part I?
(a) He has wings.
(b) He has four feet.
(c) He has a third eye.
(d) He has four arms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Sweetie's house?

2. What did Cedar purchase at Target with her credit card that gives her concern in Part I?

3. Where does Phil bury his and Cedar's cell phones in Part I?

4. What type of person does Cedar describe herself as in Part I?

5. What kind of earrings is Sweetie wearing when she meets Cedar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What publication does Cedar produce? What is its subject?

2. What does Cedar stock up on in preparation for the apocalypse? Why?

3. From what perspective and tense is the story related? How is the novel framed?

4. What did Eddy study in college? Where did he study?

5. What happens when Cedar goes to her first ultrasound appointment in Part I?

6. How is the situation described when Cedar witnesses her first accosting and detainment of a pregnant woman in Part I?

7. Who is Saint Kateri Tekakwitha?

8. What does the lizardlike bird that Cedar observes in Part I represent?

9. What are Cedar's spiritual/religious beliefs like?

10. What is the significance of Sera eating a hot dog?

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