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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 color is the van that the Aleph mets Benny when he comes to the factory where she and the Bottleman stay in Chapter 34?

2. In Chapter 39, what color are the hookers wearing that Annabelle sees?

3. In Chapter 74, what is Benny singing when he is in the Bindery?

4. In Chapter 54, what is Henry Wong holding over Annabelle when she regains consciousness?

5. In Chapter 40, where has the Bottleman stashed his prosthetic leg?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Benny cut himself in Chapter 41?

2. In Chapter 61, how are Aikon and her temple doing?

3. What does Annabelle do when the principal tries to warn her about truancy and calls Benny a juvenile delinquent?

4. How does Benny get hurt in Chapter 37?

5. In Chapter 52, what happens to Annabelle when she is cleaning?

6. When did Kenji quit doing drugs and drinking and then when did he start again?

7. In Chapter 72, what does Annabelle remember about the fight she and Kenji had the night he died?

8. What conversation does Benny remember having with his dad about the first moon landing?

9. How does Benny reunite with the Aleph and where has she been in Chapter 49?

10. How did Aikon decide to write Tidy Magic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ozeki reveals Benny’s life during a pivotal time. How do the events in The Book of Form and Emptiness help Benny mature and grow in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Puns are figures of speech that involve wordplay and double means or using words that sound similar but have different meanings. How does Kenji use puns? How and why does the fact that English is Kenji’s second language affect his use of puns?

Essay Topic 3

Accumulation is a literary device that allows an author to gather scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually build on information readers need to know. From whose perspective are various sections told of The Book of Form and Emptiness? How does each section add information? How does the use of multiple viewpoints allow Ozeki to use accumulation to advance the plot and provide important details to readers?

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