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. Who rules Michigan?

2. When confronting Wilbur about her inheritance, Eliza claims that who has become her real family?

3. How long do Wilbur and Eliza sleep, following their reunion?

4. How long after Eliza's death does her mother die?

5. At his graduation, what does Walter assume his mother has bought him?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Melody plucks a chicken for a rooftop picnic, what happens to the feathers and why?

2. What does a meeting at the Thirteen Club look like?

3. In Indianapolis, what does it mean if you are not a Daffodil?

4. What scientific discovery has been made by Dr. von Peterswald?

5. Why is Rose unhappy with her marriage to Wilbur?

6. How are those with the same noun in their middle name related?

7. Why does Sophie object to her new middle name?

8. What does the new religious cult believe?

9. After gravity shifts for the first time, everyone is crying for help. What does Wilbur do?

10. Once Wilbur implements the middle name system, how does the Daffodil Club change?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As the children become adults, they are no longer the same. Wilbur finds a way to channel his disfigurements into a productive lifestyle whereas Eliza struggles with this. Write an essay examining the struggle the children experience as they become adults.

1) How are the Wilbur and Eliza physically and mentally different from others?

2) Wilbur uses his defects to create strengths. Why is Eliza unable to do this?

3) How do the children change as adults?

Essay Topic 2

When Wilbur gets old, Melody and Isadore are an important part of his life. After years of struggle with family, Wilbur's relationship with this new family seems loving and somewhat normal. Write an essay examining this relationship.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the qualities of the women that appear throughout Wilbur's life.

1) Which women affect him?

2) Which women does he affect?

3) How do these women influence Wilbur's life?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 560 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample