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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. In Part I, “The Opposite of Nothing," what month is it?

2. What do Ida and Reggie argue about?

3. What is the name that Blandine wants to change to?

4. How does James make Tiffany feel?

5. Which character had a life and identity before she was a mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. In “Hear Me Out,” when did Todd’s and Malik’s animal sacrificing start?

2. In the days following “the Night,” what does James stop doing?

3. When did Jack's, Todd's, and Malik's animal sacrifices start?

4. Why does Joan's boss scold her?

5. In “Chemical Hazard,” what is Moses’s favorite pastime?

6. How do Tiffany and James know each other?

7. What is in the bag that Blandine leaves the house with?

8. What does Tiffany want after her relationship with James ends?

9. What scares Hope about her baby?

10. How does James make Tiffany feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does the character of Jack play in the novel? Why does the author include this character? What other characters, themes, or motifs does he promote or at least affect?

Essay Topic 2

Why does the author divide the chapters into passages rendering each tenant of the Rabbit Hutch in their individual spaces?

Essay Topic 3

The author particularly uses Moses’s interaction with Father Tim in “The Rotten Truth,” in order to reveal what?

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