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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 newspapers does Wayne buy?

2. With which of the following does Will intend to conduct a drug deal?

3. Which of the following is served at Lu’s funeral reception?

4. With which of the following is Wayne tattooed?

5. In what neighborhood does C’s mother ask to meet for her lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What initially brings Wayne to California?

2. In what features does Wayne note the resemblance between C and her father?

3. How does Mo explain time to Wayne?

4. What confirms to Will that he has been followed to his drug deal?

5. Why does C buy ice cream at Walgreens and eat it?

6. How do Mo and Wayne part ways?

7. How does Wayne describe transitioning from associating with Mo to associating with Sticky?

8. For what reason does event security beat Wayne?

9. How does Wayne rob the women in the train station?

10. How does Will summarize his early experience in the justice system?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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