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

2. In “Variables,” what do James and Tiffany start to work on together?

3. When does James call Tiffany to apologize?

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

5. The Vacca Vale Country Club is hosting what event?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tiffany hear James play?

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

3. Why is Tiffany enraged in “Variables”?

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

5. How does James make Tiffany feel?

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

7. What scares Hope about her baby?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Because characters like Blandine, Jack, Todd, and Malik have grown up in the Vacca Vale foster care system, how does this affect their lives?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why has Hope developed a phobia of her baby’s eyes?

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