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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. At which of the following do C and Wayne go to dinner together?

2. With which of the following is Will diagnosed?

3. What make of car does Sticky’s mother drive?

4. From where does Wayne’s hospital nurse come?

5. In what year was Lu born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wayne note “The trick is” to boasting (151)?

2. Why does Sticky suggest meeting at Jah’Va?

3. What initially brings Wayne to California?

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

5. Why does Will disclaim his real name?

6. Why does Wayne dislike San Francisco weather?

7. What question is posed to Wayne’s fellow traveler that stays with him (173)?

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

9. What occasions laughter between C and Wayne at their dinner together?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How reliable are the narrators of the novel? What in the text indicates that reliability, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the novel’s title.

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