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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. In what city do Father and Caroline live?
2. What books does Caroline have in their cave home?
3. Where does Caroline say Father's monthly checks come from?
4. What secret place does Caroline have that Father does not know about?
5. What is Caroline's first impression of Mr. Walters?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Caroline is in state custody, which character that Caroline already knows turns out to be her roommate, and what surprises Caroline about the girl's behavior?
2. What elaborate ritual do Caroline and Father have for sharing food in a way that does not alert people that they are together?
3. What happens when Mr. Walters tells Father the work he wants him to do on Father's first day of work?
4. How do Caroline and Father end up getting found by the police?
5. When Caroline and Father are leaving the ATM, they run into a man who knows Father. What name does the man call Father, and where does he seem to know him from?
6. When they are walking back home on the night when the story begins, what animal does Father tell Caroline to look at, and why?
7. Why does Caroline leave her encyclopedias behind when she is taken into state custody?
8. The novel opens with Caroline reflecting that "There's nothing to do but keep walking, you have to be ready for everything" (3). What does this comment tell the reader about Caroline's state of mind?
9. What comparison does Father make in the question he asks the officers who are driving him and Caroline to the farm?
10. What does Caroline remember when she is riding in the police car?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that explicates the final four paragraphs of My Abandonment. Explain what Caroline literally means, how this passage functions on a figurative level, and what the passage adds to the book's overall meaning. Support your claims with textual evidence, at least some of which should be quoted.
Essay Topic 2
Peter Rock has said in interviews that he has conflicted feelings about writing a book based on the true story of the father and daughter found living in Forest Park. Research interviews in which he discusses these feelings and then write an essay that demonstrates how the portrayal of the media and of other characters in the book reflects Rock's divided feelings about the potential for exploitation of people like Father and Caroline. Be sure to offer textual evidence for your claims and cite your sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that compares and contrasts the attitudes Jean Bauer and Mr. Walters display toward Caroline. Use textual evidence to defend your claims.
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