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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 Josie want Rick to come to in Part II?

2. What machine causes pollution outside the store?

3. How does Chrissie treat Klara after their trip together?

4. How does Josie's family's housekeeper feel about Klara?

5. What does Klara do when she realizes Josie is not sleeping the right way and may be in distress?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Klara react to the girl with the short spiky hair who comes into the store?

2. How does Klara see the world, meaning what is her field of vision like?

3. Why does Klara like being in the front window of the store?

4. Why does Chrissie tell Josie she can not go to Morgan's Falls?

5. What is the most significant difference between Klara and Rosa?

6. What does Klara think about the interaction between the Coffee Cup Lady and the man?

7. What does Klara think of Josie when she first meets Josie?

8. What does Manager say is extraordinary about Klara?

9. What does Manager tell Klara about children who make promises to AFs?

10. What is a source of pollution that Klara and the other AFs in the store begin to resent, and why do they feel this way?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the class and economic-related inequalities and social stratifications Ishiguro explores throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Ishiguro describe Manager's treatment of the AFs, especially Klara, throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What is Klara's experience of loneliness? How does she observe loneliness manifested in the humans around her? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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