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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. What does Blandine ask Joan about the laundromat?

2. What is the name of Vacca Vale's park?

3. Who does Blandine move in with after she drops out of high school?

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

5. What does the name Blandine stand for to Tiffany?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Blandine obsessed in?

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

3. Why does Joan's boss scold her?

4. What are the names of the elderly couple in C6?

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

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

7. How do Tiffany and James know each other?

8. What does the name Blandine stand for to Tiffany?

9. In Part II, “Afterlife,” two days before Blandine exits her body, where does she go?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Blandine use economic structures in order to understand dynamic relationships?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Blandine want to exit her body? How does it feel when she accomplishes this exit?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think the author presents the narrative windows into each of her character’s distinct lives?

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