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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. Who is Jamie in “The Expanding Circle"?

2. In “The Flood,” whose baby is conceived?

3. How many symptoms does the writer describe he has been experiencing?

4. How does Blandine die as a slave?

5. In “Purebreds,” who accompanies Jack on his dog-sitting job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Moses agree to say to the priest?

2. Where does Moses stay while in Vacca Vale?

3. Who does Blandine run into in the Valley?

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

5. Who is the Moses email from?

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

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

8. What is Moses's blog about?

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

10. What does Moses tell the priest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think the protagonist legally changed her name to Blandine?

Essay Topic 2

Why does the author divide the chapters into passages rendering each tenant of the Rabbit Hutch in their individual spaces?

Essay Topic 3

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

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