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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 helps Grigor with his Fallback Plan?

2. Who has left Claudio some money in Buenos Aires?

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

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

5. What does the visitor in Eva's apartment do to the kentuki?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do you think Alina's mother is worried about her in Part IV?

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

5. Why does the Vancouver mother destroy her new kentuki within several minutes of connecting it?

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

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

10. What does Klaus do to make it look like Emilia, acting through the kentuki, has been making trouble in Eva's hosue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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's experiences as a kentuki dweller begin to affect her relationship with her son, who bought her the connection as a gift? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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