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

2. About how tall is Eddy described as being?

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 Paul's ancestry said to be in Part I?

5. What are Cedar's adoptive parents referred to as being in the first sentence of Part I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How are Cedar's adoptive parents described?

8. Why is Cedar going to an Ojibwe reservation in Part I?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Cedar, Sera, and Glen intend to escape from Mother and the others that are pursuing Cedar? Where do they go after Cedar escapes the Fairview Riverside Hospital? Why does Cedar not make it across the border?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of family in Future Home of the Living God. What does family mean to Cedar? How is Cedar's family unique? With whom is Cedar closest in her family?

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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