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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 color bandage does Tova give Cameron in "Conscience Does Make Cowards of Us All"?

2. How many wooden Dala Horses does Tova have?

3. On what day of Marcellus's existence does he think when Terry turns the calendar tomorrow, it will be the last time he sees a new month?

4. When is Mary Ann's farwell luncheon held?

5. Who gives Tova the wine she bring to dinner at Ethan's house in "Not a Date"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Cameron get a job and doing what?

2. What are Tova's thoughts when she finds her mother's old apron as she is sorting what to take and what to get rid of from her house?

3. What does Tova find when she comes to the aquarium in "Conscience Does Make Cowards of Us All"?

4. What does Tova do at the beginning of "Epitaph and Pens"?

5. Where are Will and Erik's headstones, and what information is on them?

6. After paddle boarding, what does Avery tell Cameron about saving a woman on the pier?

7. What does Marcellus notice that Cameron and Tova have in common?

8. What happens when Ethan and Cameron go looking for Simon Brinks' summer home?

9. How does Ethan know Cameron's last name from somewhere and what does he do with the information?

10. How does Tova get Ethan a new Grateful Dead T-shirt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A character arc is the inner journey of a character in a book. What is Cameron’s character arc, and what situations influence his growth and transformation?

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

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do idioms often require research to understand their meaning? Why are idioms especially difficult for Marcellus to understand?

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