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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. The owner has to pay a pound of _______ if it's determined the food was taken.

2. The garden is in the shape of a _______, thus confining people within certain portions of the sky.

3. Michael Marcus' quote at the start of the book states, "Mathematics is the supreme __________ of our time."

4. ________ kills itself in remote areas, and the debris settles in piles on the grass.

5. What is the name of the house-worshiping religion, as described in this section of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the effectiveness of the healing wind that God carries with him as he flies around in the sky?

2. What are some of the foods that are listed in the description of the food costume at the start of this chapter?

3. What is the problem with the flaxen tree tools that can create angels, according to the author in this book?

4. What happens to the flier that is landing on the floating island of the Gods?

5. What is happening in response to the cultivated flowers in the prison, per this particular section of the book?

6. Within a piece of experimental fiction, what are some of the traditional conventions that are not used?

7. What does the author describe the book to be a project about? What is it meant to compile?

8. What is the relationship between Albert and Mark Parker?

9. What do certain birds do, real and mythological ones, according to the description of the author?

10. While the origin of air days is unclear, how are they celebrated by people in the area?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ohio is a word that is used for house, whether standing or destroyed, according to the book.

Part 1: Do you think Ohio might be the place where the author grew up?

Part 2: How do you think a house can be standing and it can be destroyed at the same time?

Part 3: From this section, do you think Marcus' home life was happy?

Essay Topic 2

A sleep collaboration seems to be a group that wants people to sleep until they chase away the bad things in their lives.

Part 1: How would you define the idea of a sleep collaboration?

Part 2: Why do you think a sleep collaboration might be necessary?

Part 3: Do you think you could be a part of a sleep collaboration?

Essay Topic 3

The violence the author includes seems to be used to shock the reader, rather than to add to the book's strength.

Part 1: Is there ever a place for violence in a book? What purpose can it serve?

Part 2: How do you feel about the section on a family witnessing an intruder coming into the home and then killing themselves?

Part 3: Do you think that the author has a personal experience with an intruder committing suicide?

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