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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 animal does Robin's kentuki look like?

2. What does Grigor's father make for them to eat as a way to save money?

3. What does Girgor call his business plan involving the kentukis?

4. What happens to the kentukis at the nursing home?

5. What does Alina do every morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Emilia's son set her up as a dweller?

2. Why does Jean-Claude cut Cheng Shi-Xu's connection to his kentuki?

3. How does Alina feel about Sven, in general?

4. What does Robin's kentuki dweller tell Robin and her friends that makes Robin very upset?

5. What does Enzo think Mister, his kentuki, helps him with?

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

7. In Part I, what do Robin, Amy, and Katia do in front of their kentuki that feels subversive to them?

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

9. What is a non-negotiable aspect of the kentuki, per the manufacturer's rules?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Marvin so determined to "touch" the snow in the town the kentuki in which he dwells is located in? What does Schweblin use the snow, as well as Marvin's life circumstances, to represent? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Alina's relationship with the kentuki, Colonel Sanders, begin to change once Sven, her artist boyfriend, starts taking the kentuki to work with him? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Alina's reasons for keeping a kentuki, and her initial feelings about the kentuki, reveal about her relationship with her partner, Sven? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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