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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 had Wayne’s parents used?

2. On which of the following charitable boards does C’s mother sit?

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

4. As which of the following is the hostess dressed where Wayne understands C will attend a gala?

5. In what year does C’s mother set up her foundation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What final report of his prison fighting does Will give?

2. How do Mo and Wayne part ways?

3. What information does Wayne confirm with the urchin he meets at the gala he expects C to attend?

4. What initially brings Wayne to California?

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

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

7. For what reason does event security beat Wayne?

8. Why does Will disclaim his real name?

9. When C asks him about his work, how does Wayne respond?

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

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

There are several points in the novel that ring of the uncanny, as defined by Freud and expanded upon by others. Which of them is the most uncanny, and how is it 1) uncanny and 2) the most uncanny event in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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