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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 do Rocky and Lyndon Finn drink the first night Lyndon is at Rocky's place?
2. What does Schiff help Cas fix to eat after Sunny is found injured on her horse?
3. How many calves did Kai Tajima bring illegally from Japan through Canada?
4. What color robes did the monks wear that Finn and Kai hosted last summer?
5. In what district was the town Gex where Lou grew up?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the barracks like that Schiff lives in at the camp?
2. Why do the Gunderson's bring Sunny to Three Chairs?
3. What did Sunny learn about her mother when she and Cas went to Paris?
4. What was Snow's first job?
5. What does Schiff learn about Suzy and Stryker from the Commander and his wife?
6. Who comes to treat Sunny in "The Fifth Property of Thirst"?
7. How did Sunny and Cas travel to New York?
8. Why does Lyndon Finn come to visit Rocky?
9. Who met Cas and Sunny when their train arrived in New York?
10. What does Sunny send Schiff when he is in Honolulu?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Wiggins had a stroke during the writing of Properties of Thirst. What challenges did Wiggins have to overcome in order to finish the book? How was she able to overcome those challenges?
Essay Topic 2
In Properties of Thirst, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?
Essay Topic 3
Schiff and Sunny argue, and he nearly gives up on having a relationship with her. What inciting event brings them back together and why?
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