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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 movie does C see advertised at the movie studio?

2. To which of the following cities does Cee’s father move?

3. Which of the following does C do at the beach with her father?

4. As which of the following does the novel define “ambiguous loss” (70)?

5. In what does C major in college?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what profession does C’s father turn after leaving her and her mother?

2. Cee’s brother recounts a dream of Lu. What is the dream?

3. In the novel, how does life span integration work?

4. How is the carnival-ride barker C sees dressed?

5. How does Rose respond to the loss of her breasts to cancer?

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

7. How des Cee prepare to face initial police questioning after the loss of her brother?

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

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

10. Why does Cee assert a mixed-race person is supposed to be pretty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The front matter remarks that portions of the novel were previously published. Which portions were, and how does the present text of the novel indicate as much?

Essay Topic 2

Assuming that The Furrows should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the novel’s title.

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