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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 is Wyatt teaching his peers to do when Maria and Ernest find him near the bus stop in Chapter 10?

2. What game does Wyatt ask Ernest to play with him in Chapter 10?

3. Who is the principal at Wyatt's school?

4. How is the boy in Wyatt's story transported home in Chapter 14?

5. Where does Venery say he met Jerry Garcia in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the names and dates that open each chapter?

2. What does coughing represent in the Darkening Land?

3. What is the significance of ringing in one's ears in the novel?

4. How does Edgar describe the atmosphere of the Darkening Land in Chapter 9?

5. What does the Darkening Land represent?

6. What is Ernest doing when Maria and Wyatt find him in Chapter 14?

7. Why does Jackson want Edgar to pose for him in Chapter 9?

8. Where does Edgar meet Venery? How is he described?

9. When asked by Ernest in Chapter 10 what he saw in the Spirit World, how does Wyatt respond?

10. What foreshadowing does Edgar encounter in the town in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Jackson and the setting of the Darkening Land. How does Edgar end up in this setting? How does he know Jackson? What does Edgar learn about Jackson while staying with him?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of racism in The Removed. How is this theme developed in each of the different storylines? In whose storyline is it most prominent? What symbolism and settings connect to this theme? How?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of addiction in The Removed. How is this theme developed through character? What characters in the story are impacted by addiction? How? What statement(s) do you think the author is making about addiction?

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