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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. With which of the following is Will diagnosed?

2. Of which of the following does Wayne’s hospital nurse smell?

3. As which of the following does C explain the similarity of names between her brother and Wayne?

4. To which of the following hospitals is Wayne taken?

5. With which of the following does II, Past begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What injuries does Wayne sustain at police hands?

3. How does Wayne explain Mo’s ability to persuade people?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What initially brings Wayne to California?

10. For what reason does event security beat Wayne?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

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