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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. The man in the movie theater’s breath smells to C of which of the following?

2. To which cleaner does C’s father follow evidence?

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

4. In which of the following suburbs do Cee and her family live at the beginning of the novel?

5. Which of the following brands of watch does Cee’s father own?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. For what reason does C visit the restroom at the movie studio?

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

5. How does Cee’s mother explain the dandelion?

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

7. What precipitates the fight that prompts C’s mother to send her to visit her father?

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

9. What does the man who hits Cee’s brother with his car claim to have been doing when he struck the boy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does The Furrows bear as much out?

Essay Topic 3

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in The Furrows? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

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