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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 a librarian carrying who stop Benny when he goes to the basement?

2. How old was the Aleph when she ran away from home?

3. How did Walter Benjamin kill himself?

4. Why does Annabelle learn that the crows are dying in Chapter 67?

5. How old was Mackson when he graduated from high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kimi's background in Chapter 63?

2. How did Aikon decide to write Tidy Magic?

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

4. Who helps Annabel after her fall in Chapter 54?

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

6. What does Benny notice that the Aleph creates?

7. In Chapter 49, why is the Aleph angry with the B-man?

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

9. What happens when Benny joins the riot in Chapter 70?

10. Why are the crows dying in Chapter 67?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does the author use personification in The Book of Form and Emptiness? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

A bully is someone who picks on someone, often someone smaller or weaker. Who are bullies at Benny’s school? How and why do they bully him?

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