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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 Josie's family's housekeeper feel about Klara?

2. Who does Klara see reuniting with a dear person in this person's life, although Klara does not know the circumstances of the relationship?

3. What does Chrissie ask Klara to do at Josie's favorite childhood spot?

4. Which is the most desirable spot in the store for Klara and the other AFs to stand in?

5. Who is Josie's doctor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part I, how does Klara think of the sun?

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

4. What does Manager say is extraordinary about Klara?

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

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

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

8. What does Josie tell Klara is an important part of the question of whether Klara will come to live with Josie?

9. How does Josie treat Klara after the Morgan's Falls trip?

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 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.

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

Who or what does Klara always believe is responsible for Josie's cure? Why does she believe this, and what does this belief reveal about Klara's character and nature? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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