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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 numbered studio apartment does Qwill rent?

2. For what is Hixie rabid?

3. How much does Jim loan Joy?

4. What do the cats have to eat, instead of Beef Wellington?

5. For what is "30" the newspaper symbol?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Qwilleran upset about his diet?

2. What brings on Maus' comment that Hixie is a "nasty young lady?"

3. Why does Qwilleran continue to cringe inwardly?

4. Who stops by with a present for the cats? What is it? Why does she want to give it to them?

5. What is unique about the people who reside in Maus Haus?

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

7. What does Riker not know and cannot believe?

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

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

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

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

Define "haute cuisine." What specifically classifies it as an art? Does it classify as an art in your mind? Why or why not? If so, how does it register as an art form in your mind, and if not, what could change to elevate it to art?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Koko and Yum Yum. What roles do they play in the development of the plot? How do they influence the theme of the novel? Did Braun get her descriptions of cat antics correct? Explain how or where she failed.

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