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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 AF stand for?

2. What does Manager scold Klara for?

3. What color are Josie's eyes?

4. Who is Josie's best friend?

5. Why does Chrissie tell Klara she envies Klara?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Klara think the sun is pouring into the room with the interaction meeting in Part II?

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

3. What does Manager say is extraordinary about Klara?

4. What is Rick doing when Klara first meets him with Josie?

5. Why is it strange that Rick comes to the interaction meeting?

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

7. What happens between Rick and the other children at the interaction meeting?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

How does Ishiguro use Rosa's personality and demeanor as a sort of foil for Klara's? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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