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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. Where is the dweller controlling the kentuki in Hong Kong in Part IV?

2. What does Alina force the kentuki to watch after she gets angry at it?

3. What did Claudio always do on the balcony when he was a child?

4. What would Alina have done differently if she had understood kentukis better?

5. What does Alina do to mutilate the crow kentuki's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, how well or badly is Grigor's Fallback going?

2. How does Alina react when the kentuki seems to try to touch her breasts?

3. What does Marvin decide to do when his dragon kentuki is no longer obligated to be kept in the shop?

4. Why does Sven take a greater interest in Alina's kentuki in Part IV?

5. What is Emilia surprised and dismayed to see in Eva's apartment in Part III?

6. What kinds of accessories does Marvin ask Jesper for for his kentuki?

7. What is Marvin's relationship with his father like?

8. What does Claudio gather from the contents of the metal box in his uncle's apartment?

9. How does Marvin narrowly escape losing his kentuki forever in Part IV?

10. What does the visitor in Eva's apartment do to her bunny kentuki that terrifies Emilia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

How does Emilia feel about being a dweller at first, and how do her feelings begin to change after she acts as a dweller for some time and "meets" her keeper Eva? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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