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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 Qwill's instinct say?

2. Who is Charlotte Roop to Hugh Penniman?

3. What catches on fire at the dinner table?

4. Why is the Fluxion coffee shop desirable for confidential conversations?

5. What does Qwill think of the market?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dan say in regards to Joy's resurfacing?

2. What does Qwill think when Rosemary volunteers to go with him?

3. What mistake does Qwill make in reference to potting, and what does that kind of potter do?

4. How does Max test a guy's sincerity?

5. What makes Qwill's grief all the more potent?

6. Why does Qwill hug Yum Yum more fiercely?

7. Why will nobody ever find the bodies of the two people whom Dan has killed?

8. What reaction from Koko confirms the way Qwill had been feeling in regards to Dan?

9. What is the story involving the other people at the Penniman estate in regards to the suicides?

10. What is notable about the food at the Rattlesnake Inn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the artists' lack of desire to talk about what had happened when Penniman owned the pottery. Why would it be a sore spot for them to go over it again and again?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Qwilleran's choice of profession. Do you think he would make a better detective or a writer? Which is closer to an art form and what leads you to this conclusion?

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