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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 Cedar claim she has no proficiency for in Part I?

2. What does Cedar say our planet's age is in Part I?

3. What does Cedar believe Eddy's book serves as for him?

4. When Mother first appears to Cedar, Cedar describes her face as being round and white like what?

5. What does Cedar refer to her name as in the opening of Part I (3)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Little Mary described when her character is introduced?

5. How is Mother described when she first appears to Cedar? Where does she first appear?

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

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

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

9. What is supposedly happening genetically that is altering the world in the novel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Sera and Sweetie in Future Home of the Living God. How old are these characters? In what ways are they alike? How are they different?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one example of each of the three types of irony in Future Home of the Living God. How does the author use verbal irony for humor? In what ways is Cedar's character representative of irony? What dramatic irony appears in the work?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Eddy in Future Home of the Living God. What did Eddy study in college? Where did he study? What caused Eddy's nervous breakdown? How does Eddy's character evolve in the story?

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