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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 animal does Jack kill next?

2. Who interrupts Moses’s reflections?

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

4. In “Your Auntie Tammy,” why does Joan feel guilty?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After the business plummets in the town, what does the town discover?

3. What does Father Tim think Elsie was trying to protect Moses from?

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

5. What does Jack accuse Blandine of In “Purebreds"?

6. What does Moses agree to do?

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

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

9. What does Moses think of Elsie?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How is the character James an escape for Blandine?

Essay Topic 3

How are dead animals a prominent motif in the novel?

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