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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. Which of the following does the girl who seems to be Lotaria tell the reader to call her?

2. What does Flannery try to leave out of his next novel?

3. What is the name of Amarant's mother?

4. In "What Story Down There Awaits its End?", where are the agents from who give the main character information?

5. What does the main character in "What Story Down There Awaits its End?" have to fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are sensations used in the story "On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon"?

2. Why is the reader arrested? Who holds him and why?

3. Why do scientists have a woman strapped to a chair reading, according to Marana?

4. Describe "In a Network of Lines that Enlace."

5. What is the role of the OAP?

6. Describe the shift in perspective that occurs in Chapter 7 and why the author included this.

7. Describe the story in "On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon."

8. Describe how the ramifications of falsehoods are explored in Chapter 9.

9. How does Flannery view his readers?

10. How can reading stimulate life, according to the author?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the benefits to this book being interactive for the reader? How does the author make it interactive? Is the author effective or ineffective in making the book interactive?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the battle for language in the novel. How do the two sides continue to fight? How does the battle still affect those who read? What tone does the battle set for the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What are the goals and motivations of each character in the novel? Analyze three different characters and their motivations, citing at least one example each.

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