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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 “Respect the Deceased,” who feels guilty after their boss’s lecture?

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

3. Who interrupts Moses’s reflections?

4. In “Pearl,” how many hours prior to exiting her body does Blandine walk to the Valley?

5. In “The Expanding Circle,” what does Moses delete?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Jamie’s sister, Ruth demands what of Moses?

3. In “The Expanding Circle,” what does Moses delete?

4. Why does Moses delete the mysterious email?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Where does Moses stay while in Vacca Vale?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Why does Moses feel imprisoned by the traumas he suffers at Elsie’s hand throughout his childhood?

Essay Topic 3

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

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