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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. Who meets with Sabine in the kitchen the next morning?
2. Sabine equates Wal-Mart to ___________________.
3. What does Sabine show the boys before they go to school?
4. Which of the following does Sabine NOT do during the next few days at the Fetters home?
5. What had Dot always expected would happen in her life?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Kitty returning home for awhile and how do Dot and Sabine view this differently?
2. What are the circumstances in which Kitty kisses Sabine?
3. How is Parsifal's true past so different from the one Sabine had always envisioned?
4. How are Sabine's memories of the Tonight Show performance different from how the Fetters family views it?
5. What does Sabine discover when she explores Parsifal's childhood room?
6. How does Sabine finally understand why Parsifal had to escape his past?
7. Why does Dot think that her expectation that Guy would come home cause her to lose him forever?
8. What makes Sabine think about her father when Kitty speaks to her about her own boys?
9. How do the stories about Albert Fetters make Sabine realize that Parsifal did what he had to do in order to survive?
10. What is Sabine's dream as she naps with Kitty?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of the book's title? What are some other possible titles for the book. List at least five and cite your reasons for each.
Essay Topic 2
Create a character study of Dot. What are her physical characteristics? What are her motivations? What are her fears? What are her dreams? What else can you say about Dot?
Essay Topic 3
The author uses more than one instance of irony in the book. Cite at least two other examples you can identify in the book and note why they are examples of irony.
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