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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 do the boys at the interaction meeting propose doing with Klara?

3. How long does Klara get in the front alcove the first time she is there without Rosa?

4. Where do the children all gather during the interaction meeting?

5. What is Rick doing with Klara first meets him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the children in the interaction meeting propose doing with Klara, and how does Josie react to this idea?

2. What does Manager say is extraordinary about Klara?

3. What is the purpose of the interaction meetings Josie has to participate in?

4. What seems to be the source of Josie's illness?

5. Why does Josie want to go to Morgan's Falls?

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

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

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

9. What does Klara notice about some of the humans with their AFs on the street?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What so some of Klara's major misperceptions about the world - namely, that the sun is an omniscient and conscious actor in the world and in human affairs - reveal about the limits of both AF and possibly human understanding? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the way Klara seems to think of and process her memories and the way the main humans in the novel - namely Josie and Chrissie - do the same.

Essay Topic 3

Why do so many parents choose to have their children "lifted," despite the obvious serious risks to their health? What do you think Ishiguro is trying to communicate to the reader about society through the concept of being "lifted?" Write an essay explaining your answers.

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