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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. How far along in her pregnancy does Cedar say she is in the opening of Part I?

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

3. What is "thought to be the outside figure on the amount of time we've been roughed out as proto-human," according to Cedar in Part I (57)?

4. What is the name of Cedar's church?

5. What did Phil earn an advanced degree in at the University of Minnesota?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information do Eddy and Sweetie reveal when they tap on Cedar's window in Part I?

2. Who is Saint Kateri Tekakwitha?

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

4. What provisions does Phil bring to Cedar's home in Part I? Where has he obtained them?

5. What is Eddy's book comprised of? How long is it when Cedar meets him?

6. How is Sweetie described when Cedar first meets her?

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

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

9. How do Cedar's spiritual/religious beliefs differ from those of her adoptive parents?

10. How are Cedar's adoptive parents described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the basic premise of evolutionary reversal as the backdrop for Future Home of the Living God. Is this premise scientifically viable? What happens to the offspring in the novel? What does this premise mean for the future of human and animal-kind?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the character of Cedar Hawk Songmaker in Future Home of the Living God. How old is Cedar? How does Cedar feel about her pregnancy? What are Cedar's main actions, objectives, and obstacles in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of Future Home of the Living God. When and where does this story take place? What clues indicate the time period of the story? What distances do the characters travel?

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