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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. How much will Terry pay Cameron an hour for the maintenance job?

2. In "Not Glamorous Work," how many times before working at the aquarium has Cameron been entrusted with a key to his work place?

3. In "An Impossible Jam," where does Marcellus put Cameron's driver's license?

4. How much does Ethan remember that Daphne Cassmore wrote a bad check for?

5. In "Conscience Does Make Cowards of Us All," how long has Cameron been working at the aquarium?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tova learn the name of the girl Erik was seeing?

2. What does Marcellus do with Cameron's driver's license and why?

3. When and where is Mary Ann's farewell luncheon held?

4. What does Cameron learn about his lost duffel when the airline calls?

5. What does Cameron tell Tova about his aunt Jeanne?

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

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

8. What does Sandy sample at the Shop-Way, and how does Ethan react?

9. In "There Was a Girl," why does Jessica Snell call Tova?

10. What does Cameron learn about Avery when they get together at her house in "The Pier's Shadow" to paddle board?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In media res is the technique of beginning a story with a pivotal point or a situation that is the end to a series of events. Where does Van Pelt begin the story? How does she plunge into the story without an explanation? How does beginning the story in the middle of the action affect the plot and affect readers?

Essay Topic 2

Tova falls off a stool and injures her ankle. Why is the incident an inciting event?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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