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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 Jack accuse Blandine of In “Purebreds"?

2. Who is Jamie in “The Expanding Circle"?

3. The writer blames his wife’s friend of what in “Game of Clue"?

4. Why does Moses delete the mysterious email?

5. Who abandoned Moses as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the homeless woman and Joan talk about?

2. What does Moses think of Elsie?

3. What does Jack think is easier for Blandine than for him?

4. The writer blames his wife’s friend of what in “Game of Clue"?

5. Why does Moses have trouble with Father Tim's idea?

6. What animal does Jack kill next in "It Wasn't Todd's Idea"?

7. In “Your Auntie Tammy,” when Joan moves to leave, what does Penny warn her about?

8. Jack knows he is drunk and high when what happens to him?

9. What do Jack and his roommates stage in “It Wasn’t Todd’s Idea"?

10. Who does Blandine run into in the Valley?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are dead animals a prominent motif in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How does the author present a nuanced commentary on power structures through the characters?

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