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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 does Abe's wife discover is inches too small in "Weights and Measures"?

2. At what time does Dex promise to pick up Adeline in "Polka Dots and Moonbeams"?

3. Calum MacInnes is a former what in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains"?

4. What color shirts do the pledges wear in "Loser"?

5. What park is the opening setting for "Unbelief"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What dates does the diary span in "Samantha's Diary"? What gifts did Samantha receive?

3. How do the actions of the protagonist develop over time in "Blood"? What is the outcome of the story?

4. How does Killheffer end up shot in "Polka Dots and Moonbeams"? Where do Dex and Adeline go?

5. Who gives Juvenal his name in "Juvenal Nyx"? How are their encounters described?

6. How long do the visits come nightly to Juvenal in "Juvenal Nyx"? What is he left with when his "creator" leaves him?

7. Who are the men described in the beginning of "Unbelief"? What interaction do they have?

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

9. How were the brothers of "Fossil-Figures" described upon their birth?

10. How does the dwarf trick Calum in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains"? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the literary style of author Neil Gaiman and analyze the characters and setting of "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains." How do Calum and the dwarf compare as characters? Who is the protagonist?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Caroleen and BeeVee in "Parallel Lines", and analyze the transformation Caroleen undergoes in the story. What leads to her burning her sister's belongings?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the characters and setting of "Blood." Why is Vera's husband not given a name in the story?

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