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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 “My First Was a Fish," what did the fish’s death convince Jack of?

2. What do Ida and Reggie argue about?

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

4. In “Where Life Lives On,” what is the name of the website?

5. When James drives Tiffany home, what happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. When James drives Tiffany home, what happens?

2. What scares Hope about her baby?

3. What does Blandine talk to Joan about in “Afterlife”?

4. What is Joan Kowalski screening on the website?

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

6. Why is Tiffany enraged in “Variables”?

7. In “My First Was a Fish," what did the fish’s death convince Jack of?

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

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

10. What does Tiffany hear James play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What has defined Moses’s sense of reality and self throughout his adult life?

Essay Topic 2

How are dead animals a prominent motif in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author use her narrative form, structure, and setting in the novel?

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