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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. Which of the following streets does Cee pass en route to school?

2. From which of the following is the epigraph taken?

3. In which of the following had Cee previously met with Lauren?

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

5. What figure is on the cotton candy cone C and Wayne share?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the “gorgeous idiotic thing” Caleb does (67)?

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

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

4. What is the typical subject of Cee’s mother’s painting?

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

6. For what reasons does C accuse Reena and her friends of racism?

7. What advice is C given by a nurse at the hospital?

8. To what do Cee’s parents apply themselves while their children play at the beach?

9. How do Cee and her mother change their speech after her father leaves?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Notably, Bernard leaves Charlotte and Cee. Within the contexts of the novel and your experience as a reader, is his decision to do so justified? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

There are several points in the novel that ring of the uncanny, as defined by Freud and expanded upon by others. Which of them is the most uncanny, and how is it 1) uncanny and 2) the most uncanny event in the novel?

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