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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. Who bought the kentukis for both Cecile and Jean-Claude?

2. What role does Enzo think of his kentuki as having taken on in his household?

3. Where does Emilia live?

4. What is the name of the nursing home in Barcelona?

5. What animal does Alina's kentuki look like?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 kinds of boundaries does Alina set with her kentuki, whom she calls The Colonel, and why does she set these boundaries? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Grigor has the somewhat unique experience of witnessing dozens, if not hundreds, of environments as he sets up brand new connections for potential dwellers. What are Grigor's most disturbing experiences, and how does he handle them? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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