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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. What is Vic McQueen’s father’s occupation in NOS4A2?
2. Who is the dead man that Vic finds in The Sleep House with a note in his mouth in "Christmasland, July 7-9"?
3. Who appears next to Wayne in the backseat of the Wraith and tells him to think backwards in "Search Engine, July 6-7"?
4. When does Nathan Demeter say the Rolls-Royce was made that he lets his daughter drive in "Interlude: The Spirit of Ecstasy, 2000-2012"?
5. Who is the Denver neurosurgeon that is quoted in the article that Bing reads about Charlie Manx’s illness in "Interlude: The Spirit of Ecstasy, 2000-2012"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Wayne’s demeanor described in the beginning of "Christmasland, July 7-9"?
2. How does the narrator describe the actions of Paul Caslon and Millie Manx in the novel’s Epilogue?
3. What does the narrator say happens to Charlie Manx’s “True Children” in the novel’s Epilogue?
4. What does Charlie Manx tell Wayne about Maggie Leigh in "Christmasland, July 7-9"?
5. What happens to Maggie while Vic is sleeping in "Christmasland, July 7-9"? How does Vic discover this?
6. Who is the first of the children from Christmasland that calls Vic in "Interlude: The Spirit of Ecstasy, 2000-2012"? What does this character say?
7. Where is Wayne located in the opening of "Search Engine, July 6-7"? What is he doing?
8. What occurs simultaneously with the destruction of the Christmas ornaments in "Come All Ye Faithful, October"?
9. How is the “Gasmask Man” described in "Bad Mother, December 16, 2011-July 6, 2012"? What does he tell Mr. de Zoet?
10. How is Charles Talent Manx’s medical condition described in "Interlude: The Spirit of Ecstasy, 2000-2012"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Gerard Manley Hopkins’ definition of inscapes and how this concept applies to Vic’s bridge, Maggie’s Scrabble tiles, and Charlie Manx’s Rolls-Royce in NOS4A2. What is an inscape? How are inscapes related to logocentric theology?
Essay Topic 2
Define the terms “flashback” and “flash-forward” in narrative literature. Identify examples of flashback and flash-forward in "Spicy Menace, 1990." Why does the author choose to relate the information in this way? How else might the information be related?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the phone calls from Christmasland that Vic begins receiving in "Interlude: The Spirit of Ecstasy, 2000-2012." Who calls Vic first? What is the reason the child says he is calling? How does Vic respond to the calls?
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