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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 material is the windbreaker Cee sees?

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

3. What is Caleb’s favorite movie?

4. What color of shirt does Wayne wear to the carnival ride?

5. In what does C major in college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is implied to have been the topic of conversation in the last video Cee and her parents watch together?

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

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

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

5. Why does C purpose to tell Reena about her apparition of Wayne?

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

7. What is Reena’s summer job?

8. With what moniker does C describe the early attendees of her mother’s events?

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

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

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

Sources attest to the presence of The Furrows on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

To what genre other than elegy might The Furrows be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

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