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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 does the narrator confront in ‘The Man on the Stairs’?

2. Who sits with Vincent on the patio one day?

3. What happens when an employee works at Deagan Leather for 20 years?

4. Who used to swim competitively in high school?

5. What is Punt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Victor pretend to have a sister in 'The Sister'?

2. What is QuakeKare?

3. Who is the narrator infatuated with in 'Majesty'?

4. What is the narrator's job in Majesty?

5. What is R.E.A.D?

6. Who does the narrator in Majesty dream about?

7. Who is Potato?

8. Who congratulates the protagonist in 'This Person'?

9. What is Deagan Leather?

10. Who is Victor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the role of grief in the book. Who in the book experiences grief, and why? What events trigger their grief, and how do they manage it? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring depictions of romantic love throughout the collection. Who experiences romantic love, and in what ways? What lengths do certain characters go to in order to experience romantic love? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the various settings of the book. Choose one particular setting and describe its significance to the characters and the story as a whole. Why is this setting important to the story? Use examples from the text as support.

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