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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 resembles a chessboard in Chapter 1?

2. Who is the large dog in the street that calls out to Barbie in Chapter 1?

3. What does Thessaly think the object that Barbie holds can do?

4. What event is foreshadowed by the appearance of a character at George's door with a knife?

5. What does Thessaly do with George's skin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Wanda's procurement of coffee for Barbie in Chapter 1.

2. At the end of Chapter 2, what does Barbie need to do?

3. In Chapter 2, what does Barbie dream about that makes her worried?

4. In Chapter 3, what does George tell Thessaly about his role?

5. What are the strange discoveries in George's apartment?

6. Describe the interaction between the big dog and Barbie.

7. What is Wanda's concerns that she shares with Barbie at the end of Chapter 3?

8. What does the beggar woman observe in Chapter 3?

9. What does Thessaly do in order to talk to George?

10. Describe the big dog in the street mentioned in Chapter 1.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Barbie and Cuckoo. What is their relationship to each other? How are they similar? How are they different? Examine this in light of identity.

Essay Topic 2

Describe some of the settings for this book. What is the overall setting? Be sure to include geography, time period and any pertinent popular-culture events. How does the location of these events affect the understanding of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Write a short essay analyzing the different emotional changes of three characters, looking at similar events and how they impact each of them quite differently.

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