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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. In "The Mix-up," from what police station does Kateri call Tookie?

2. What is the title of a typewritten note that Tookie finds when she is setting up the till at the end of January?

3. How old was Dissatisfaction when he started reading?

4. When was The Sentence written?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tookie do for Danae?

2. How does Tookie offend Hetta?

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

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

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

6. What is Pollux's history?

7. How does Tookie live a regular life?

8. How was Tookie hardened when she started selling books, and how did she change?

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

10. What happens when Tookie is reading the book Flora was reading when she died?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pollux contracts Covid. How does Tookie feel when she has to take Pollux to the hospital? How does his illness make her reexamine her life? How does his illness heal the rift between them?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the author use different points of view? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Tookie's feelings and attitude toward customers changes while working at the bookstore. Why do her feelings toward customers change? What does this reveal about Tookie's character?

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