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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. For what is Sorrel known?

2. What does Joy hate?

3. What color is Joy wearing?

4. When is the soonest that the new pieces can be viewed?

5. What does Dan finish before he leaves the table?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new job does the managing editor assign Qwilleran?

2. What is the other reason that Qwill wishes to stay home?

3. What do Koko and Yum Yum do that has long since failed to trick Qwill?

4. What does Miss Roop say in regards to Joy's work? How does this contradict what has previously been told to Qwill by Dan?

5. How does Qwill describe Joy's husband?

6. In what ways is the new suite cat proof?

7. What have the cats done to the room when Qwill comes back from his cheese tasting with Hixie?

8. What situations have made Joy's marital problems obvious to Qwilleran?

9. What leads to Qwill's purchase in the pet food store? How do the cats react to this?

10. Why does Joy think that Dan might be jealous of her work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss The Cat Who Saw Red as a detective novel. What conventions from the detective genre and film noir tradition does Braun incorporate into her work and in what ways does she subvert them?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss some mythology behind pottery. What common pottery myths are accepted as genuine fact? Explain how you went about exposing these "potters myths."

Essay Topic 3

Discuss public perception of artists. What is the first thing that comes to people's minds when they hear the phrase "a gifted artist?" Suggest reasons for this conclusion.

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