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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. Which of the following makes of car does Cee’s family own?

3. In which of the following states does Rose live?

4. As which of the following does Reena describe C’s vision of Wayne?

5. Which of the following does C note pretending to read in high school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Reena’s summer job?

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

5. To what does C’s father ascribe the assistance given him in his search?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Does the epigraph of The Furrows do so for the present novel? How or how not?

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