View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does Liz have a child?

2. Which of the following introduces C to life span integration?

3. To which of the following does Cee compare Wayne?

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

5. The movie studio theater features a statue of which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What reason does C posit for being sent by her mother to join her father and his new family?

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

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

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

8. What does Cee report packing for her brother and herself for trips to the beach?

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

10. What is Reena’s summer job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Overall, what is the most important theme of The Furrows. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 3

What character is the protagonist of The Furrows? How does the novel support such an assertion?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 495 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample