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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As which of the following does the novel define “bad mourning” (70)?
(a) “Ability to use both hands that is taken away.”
(b) “Certainty about acquisition.”
(c) “A rhythm of loss and replacement that would endlessly repeat.”
(d) “When there is death but no body.”

2. Which of the following streets does Cee pass en route to school?
(a) Laurel.
(b) Oak.
(c) Cedar.
(d) Mesquite.

3. At what college does Cee’s father teach?
(a) Carolina Coastal College.
(b) Contra Costa College.
(c) Charleston Community College.
(d) Catonsville Community College.

4. Which of the following does C encounter while taking Wayne to a carnival ride?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Linda.
(c) Elaine.
(d) Amanda.

5. Which of the following does C’s stepmother wear?
(a) Porte & Paire.
(b) Tkees.
(c) Birkenstocks.
(d) Arkets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movie does C see advertised at the movie studio?

2. What is the name of C’s father’s second wife?

3. Which of the following does C note pretending to read in high school?

4. In which of the following does Cee dream she converses with her brother?

5. Of which of the following oils does Cee’s father smell?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does C like to sit in a theater, and why does she rarely get to do so?

2. How do Cee and her high school friends distinguish themselves?

3. To what does C’s father ascribe the assistance given him in his search?

4. How does Cee’s brother understand No Man’s Land, and why?

5. What is Reena’s summer job?

6. What problem in Cee’s mother’s painting does Cee identify?

7. What game do Cee and her brother play before they go swimming for the last time?

8. Describe Cee’s first therapist’s office.

9. What circumstances bring C to tour a movie studio?

10. Of what do Cee’s mother and Grandma Lu typically talk?

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