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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 can Koko do?

2. Why will Hixie be bankrupt within a week?

3. What does Dan look and talk like?

4. How many businessmen own the Heavenly Hash Houses?

5. What hads added the extra three pounds?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What excuse does Dan offer for the scream heard the night before?

4. Who else hears the scream, and why do they hear it?

5. Why is Qwilleran upset about his diet?

6. What does Riker not know and cannot believe?

7. Why is Qwilleran so excited to see Joy?

8. What is so special about Koko?

9. Of what things does Charlotte disapprove?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss painting as an art form. How has it changed? What main eras of painting are most commonly recognized by the layperson? Explain your findings.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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