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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. Whose parents does the narrator of 'The Sister' meet?

2. What is Punt?

3. What drugs do Victor and his coworker do?

4. Why does the main character leave a party in ‘This Person’?

5. Who loses their dog in Majesty'?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Blanca?

2. What is QuakeKare?

3. Who is Victor?

4. How old is the narrator in 'The Sister'?

5. What is Deagan Leather?

6. Why does the protagonist do at the end of 'This Person'?

7. Who is Helena?

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

9. Who is Vincent Chang?

10. Who is Potato?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss the book's depictions of sexuality, particularly female sexuality. In what points of the collection do characters contend with their own sexuality, and in what ways? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay exploring the theme of family in the book. What do the stories that deal with familial relationships suggest the concept of family (i.e. what makes a family? Who should one consider family? What makes family relationships complicated?).

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