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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 he order for his meal?

2. How much does Jim loan Joy?

3. Why is inviting Hixie to a baseball game in the press box noble?

4. What does Qwill say that it is nice to hear?

5. What does Robert Maus abhor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Qwill describe Joy's husband?

2. What does Riker not know and cannot believe?

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

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

5. What is so special about Koko?

6. Why doesn't Max Sorrel wish to deny things in the papers?

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

8. How does Mr. Maus acquire the pottery?

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

10. What serves as a reminder to Jim about his age?

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 portrayed on pottery. Pick one country and explain how pottery has portrayed well known myths and legends. Explain how pottery is a medium that has helped archaeologists explore and document the past.

Essay Topic 3

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

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