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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 game did Wyatt used to play with Antonio?

2. Who are referred to as the "little spirits" (89) in Chapter 10?

3. What is Jackson's last name?

4. Who was the girl from Sallisaw that won Miss Teen Cherokee a week ago, according to Ernest in Chapter 14?

5. What is the name of the marina that Sonja describes walking to in the beginning of Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does coughing represent in the Darkening Land?

3. To whom is Tsala's narrative largely directed? Why?

4. What does the red fowl symbolize?

5. What is Sonja's dream about and what does it foreshadow in Chapter 15?

6. What is the second story about that Wyatt tells at the shelter in Chapter 14?

7. What does the Darkening Land represent?

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

9. How would you describe Wyatt's essay for English class in Chapter 10?

10. What does Venery say about Jim Thorpe in Chapter 9? Why is this significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss three examples of irony in The Removed. What verbal irony can be seen in this book? How is situational irony employed? What dramatic irony is used? Why is irony a significant literary device in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Tsala in The Removed. In what time and place is Tsala as he narrates? What happened to Tsala in the past? What are his circumstances now? How does Tsala interact with characters in the main timeline, and what does this mean?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the plot structure and timelines in The Removed. How many different storylines are there in this narrative? How are these storylines interconnected? What character or characters stand outside of the main timeline? Why?

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