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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 story does Alina's friend in Oaxaca tell her that makes her wonder what the kentuki was trying to do when it got destroyed?

2. What does Enzo most like to do at his house?

3. Who is Alina's one good friend in Oaxaca?

4. What do Robin and her friends want the kentuki to do to help them harass the person from school?

5. Where does Emilia live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marvin feel when he figures out what kind of kentuki he is dwelling in?

2. How does Emilia change the rhythms of her own life once she becomes a dweller?

3. Why does Alina buy a kentuki and become a keeper?

4. What big event has just happened in Marvin's life when he becomes a dweller and how does he feel about it?

5. How does Emilia start to feel about her keeper, Eva?

6. What does Enzo propose to Mister in Part II which results in his disappointment and hurt feelings?

7. How does Cheng Shi-Xu establish a relationship with Taolin?

8. How does Luca feel about Mister, and why?

9. What does Lis do for Marvin that Marvin thinks is fantastic?

10. What kind of rules does Alina set up for herself and her kentuki?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you describe the process that unfolds that allows Marvin, as a kentuki dweller, to bond with and understand his keeper Lis? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Schweblin begins the book with Robin's experiences as a keeper of a kentuki, but then never revisits this thread again? What tone does this beginning set for the rest of the book? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Enzo treat his kentuki, and what kinds of emotions does he begin to ascribe to it? When and how does the reader begin to understand there are legitimate reasons for misgivings about Enzo's kentuki's goals and motivations? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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