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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 does Felix describe his belief that Miranda is alive with him?

2. How does Freddie introduce Anne-Marie to his father, when they are reunited?

3. What does Felix promise 8Handz, if 8Handz does a good job?

4. What does Felix say Miranda feels on leaving the prison?

5. What do the security guards take from Anne-Marie on her way into the prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What arrangements does Felix make with 8Handz?

2. How does Felix frame Tony and Sebert?

3. What does Team Hag-Seed say Caliban would have done after the play?

4. How does Felix feel about his play when he is five weeks out?

5. What does Felix buy in Toronto the second time?

6. What metaphor does Tony use, to describe his relationship with Sal O’Nally?

7. What is the surprise Leggs has for Felix?

8. What is Sal’s state of mind as he arrives at Fletcher County Correctional Institute for the play?

9. What is the significance of the song “merrily, merrily” which 8Handz hears in his headset?

10. How do the actors wish each other good luck?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the advantages and disadvantages of including so much back story, with Felix being fired from the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival? How does Atwood use this history to establish her characters? What are the dangers of traveling back in time so far, from the present moment where most of the novel’s action takes place? Does Atwood pull it off effectively?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate the ending of Hag-Seed. Does it ring true to you? Does it successfully resolve the problems and tensions that preceded it? What would you change, if anything? What are you left wishing for closure on, if anything?

Essay Topic 3

What does the title of this novel mean, according to the definitions given to the term “Hag-Seed” in the book? Who would understand that title in different ways? What does the author accomplish, by giving the title so many resonances?

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