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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of a typewritten note that Tookie finds when she is setting up the till at the end of January?
(a) Foretelling.
(b) Clairvoyancy.
(c) Divination.
(d) Augury.

2. While Tookie is still outside by the bonfire at the New Year's open house, who can she hear singing inside?
(a) Pen.
(b) Jackie.
(c) Louise.
(d) Asema.

3. In "Blue," what time does Flora always show up for her visits?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) 11 a.m.
(c) 8 a.m.
(d) 9 a.m.

4. When was the Army Medical Museum at the Smithsonian?
(a) 1870s to 1920s.
(b) 1840s to 1880s.
(c) 1850s to 1900s.
(d) 1860s to 1890s.

5. What relative did Flora tell people had been Indian?
(a) Great aunt.
(b) Great uncle.
(c) Great-grandma.
(d) Great-grandpa.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Second Nature of Penstemon Brown," what do Pen and Tookie share?

2. How old was Tookie when she committed her crime?

3. How much did Danae offer to give Tookie if she helped her get Budgie's body?

4. On December 21 when Tookie comes home, what albums are scattered around the turntable while Hetta dances?

5. In "Ragged Bookstore Romance," how far does a customer drive to get the Clarice Lispector?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Dissatisfaction?

2. What is Pollux's history?

3. What was Tookie doing when she was called into the warden's office at Waseca?

4. What does Tookie blame the book for after a violent storm?

5. How long was Tookie's sentence for moving Budgie's body and why?

6. What do Tookie and Pollux like and dislike about Christmas?

7. After the cremation, why does Tookie believe that Flora is gone and then changes her mind?

8. Why was Tookie at a perilous age when she committed her crime?

9. Where did Tookie get a job after she got out of prison?

10. How do Tookie and Pollux celebrate the New Year?

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