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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. Why does the person who picks up Marvin's kentuki on the street tell Marvin he did what he did?

2. What does Emilia's son reveal to her about himself in Part III?

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

4. Who is in Eva's apartment for the first time that Emilia can see through the kentuki in Part III?

5. How does Enzo feel towards Mister at the end of Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises Claudio about his trip to see his uncle in Buenos Aires?

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

3. Why does Alina start to physically alter and abuse the kentuki in Part IV?

4. How does Nikolina lose her kentuki that she is a keeper for?

5. In Part III, what is the most disturbing experience Grigor has as a dweller?

6. What does Grigor do regarding running his business to avoid arousing any suspicion?

7. How does Enzo feel in Part IV when his kentuki seems to be avoiding him?

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

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

10. What would Alina have done if she had better understood what a kentuki was?

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 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 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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