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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. When does Cheng Shi-Xu start to realize he might be in trouble in real life related to his kentuki activities?
2. What does the person in the shop do to Marvin every night in a gesture of affection?
3. What does Grigor have to go to different shops to buy many of as part of his business plan?
4. What does Enzo ask of the dweller in his kentuki in Part II that he is disappointed about the dweller's reaction to?
5. What alarms Emilia's son when she tells him about her kentuki?
Short Essay Questions
1. What big event has just happened in Marvin's life when he becomes a dweller and how does he feel about it?
2. What does Robin do to communicate with the kentuki, and how does she feel about coming up with this idea?
3. What does Enzo think Mister, his kentuki, helps him with?
4. How does Emilia change the rhythms of her own life once she becomes a dweller?
5. Why does Enzo have a kentuki in his house to begin with?
6. Why does Emilia's son set her up as a dweller?
7. What is the gist of Grigor's Fallback plan?
8. What does Marvin think of the place his kentuki seems to be situated in?
9. Why is Robin uncomfortable with what her friends are doing in front of the kentuki?
10. How does Cheng Shi-Xu establish a relationship with Taolin?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Enzo try so hard to forge a real-world connection with the dweller of his kentuki, and why does Enzo become so distressed when the dweller shows no interest in speaking with him person-to-person? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
What do you think Schweblin is trying to illustrate about the nature of new dweller/keeper relationships with the vignette about the experiences of the Vancouver mother, her two daughters, and their new kentuki? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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