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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 is the name of the village which Mallon and his guru are told to leave and never return to in "Mallon The Guru"?

2. Where does Abe go to cry so his wife won't hear him in "Weights and Measures"?

3. Where does the protagonist spend four months in "Mallon The Guru"?

4. How many years pass as Juvenal lives in the underground chamber learning about the limitations of his new life in "Juvenal Nyx"?

5. Who is the woman who gives Juvenal Nyx his name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the fisherman do to the woman he sees at the grocery store in "Catch and Release"?

2. Describe the brothers in "Wildfire in Manhattan." What takes place when they meet in the beginning of the story?

3. Describe the funeral in "Weights and Measures." What does Sarah do at the funeral?

4. What does the protagonist of "Blood" believe may drive his actions? How does he go about assuaging this need?

5. What first temptation does the protagonist of "Blood" give into? How does he cover up his actions?

6. Why does Thor enlist Lukas' help in "Wildfire in Manhattan"? What does Lukas do?

7. Where do the villagers take Mallon in "Mallon The Guru"? What do they ask him to do?

8. How are the pledges described in the story "Loser"?

9. What are the last two secrets of the dwarf in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains"? How does he leave Calum?

10. What does Killheffer believe the world is made of in "Polka Dots and Moonbeams"? What does he offer Dex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the plot and themes in "Fossil-Figures", and compare the brothers Edward and Edgar in the narrative. Who do you relate the most to in the narrative? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the setting, characters and plot structure of "Land of the Lost." What characters are named and why is this significant?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of "revenge" in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains." What symbolism and imagery support this theme? How?

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