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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 are Joy and Jim to each other?

2. When does the Daily Fluxion resurrect the Maus Haus murder-suicide?

3. About what is Mickey Maus a nut?

4. How many invitations had Dan and Joy sent out?

5. What does Hixie suspect has happened to Joy's cat?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the real reason for the continual repeating of the story about the Penniman estate?

4. Of what things does Charlotte disapprove?

5. What does Riker not know and cannot believe?

6. Why is Qwilleran so excited to see Joy?

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

8. Why does Qwilleran continue to cringe inwardly?

9. What has attracted so much attention from the two cats in their new home?

10. How does Qwilleran feel while talking to Miss Roop?

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 Dan's pride. How does it get him into trouble? Is pride always a character flaw or can it be a positive character trait? Explain your answer. How might having less pride benefit Dan?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss inspiration and from where it can come. What specifically does inspiration mean to an artist? Interview a local artist and have them define inspiration to you and have them explain what a common source of inspiration is for them.

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