View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Brad to pick up Cameron after Katie kicks him out of the apartment?

2. In "Busted But Loyal," how long will Tova have to be in a plastic boot?

3. Where was Terry raised?

4. What is the youngest that someone can be to live at Welina Mobile Park?

5. What type of octopus is Marcellus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ethan notice about Charer Village Long-Term Care Center?

2. What does Tova know about Terry's background?

3. Who is Marcellus?

4. What does Cameron find in his mother's box that Aunt Jeanne gives him?

5. Who are the Knit-Wits?

6. Who is Tova Sullivan?

7. Why is it a problem when Cameron's duffel does not make it to Seattle with him?

8. Who stops Tova at work, and how does he find her?

9. Why does Katie, Cameron's girlfriend, kick him out of her apartment?

10. Where does Tova remember that she and Will would go for a picnic before he got sick?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tova grieves for the loss of her son and husband. How does Tova attempt to cope with her grief? How does she finally learn to deal with her grief?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in Remarkably Bright Creatures? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does changing the point of view help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Marcellus often refers to “The Consequences.” What does Marcellus mean when he refers to The Consequences? Why is the term a metonym?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 839 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample