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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 the person in the shop do every night that Marvin watches?

2. Why does the owner of the shop buy a kentuki in the first place?

3. What does Enzo's kentuki look like?

4. Who does Marvin start to feel emotionally close to through his kentuki from the shop?

5. What language does the keeper of the kentuki Emilia dwells in speak?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Marvin think of the place his kentuki seems to be situated in?

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

4. Why is Robin uncomfortable with what her friends are doing in front of the kentuki?

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

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

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

8. What are the limitations of a kentuki dweller communicating with its keeper?

9. What is the gist of Grigor's Fallback plan?

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

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

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 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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