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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 does Barbie tell Dora about that results in a silent drive after the funeral?

2. Who dislikes the image drawn on Barbie's face in Chapter 6?

3. What looks like the house in Florida in which where Barbie grew up?

4. What does Barbie say about a home in Chapter 6?

5. What advises that everyone should stay at home because a storm is approaching in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Barbie and Wilkinson discover when they read the scroll?

2. Who does Wilkinson mention to Barbie in Chapter 4 that she remembers?

3. What does the world need to exist, according to the Cuckoo?

4. What does Barbie ask Morpheus to do?

5. What happens in New York when the storm grows violent?

6. What does Barbie learn about the little girl in Chapter 5?

7. What does Barbie remember about her journey with Martin in Chapter 4?

8. What does Barbie do at the tombstone at the end of the book?

9. What does Thessaly say when Morpheus departs?

10. What does Wilkinson say that Barbie does not believe when they wake up the day after they hid from the Black Guard in the cave and read Tantoblin's scroll?

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

In "The Sandman: A Game of You," the author delves deeply into the inner worlds of his characters. Describe how the first five chapters that discuss Barbie's dream world contrast sharply with the final chapter, in which Wanda's family rejects both Wanda and Barbie's beliefs.

Essay Topic 3

Gender is an issue that is frequently debated, discussed and described in this book. How is gender portrayed through the characters of Barbie, Wanda, Hazel, Foxglove and Thessaly? What stereotypes or cultural or societal views are reinforced, questioned or rejected? Explain.

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