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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 "Rose-Fleshed Trout," how did Pollux spend his day?

2. After inventory, what book by Eileen Myles is Tookie reading?

3. In whose arms did Danae's lover die?

4. Who does Hetta name her baby after?

5. What actress does Pollux remember seeing when he was riding the bus?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Flora?

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

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

5. When the bookstore was renovated, what was done to keep out malignant energies?

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

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

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

9. How does Tookie try to get rid of Flora's book?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A person can be haunted by regrets or spirits in the book. How are some characters literally haunted by ghosts or spirits? How are other characters haunted by regrets? How do both types of hauntings affect characters physically and emotionally?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Tookie's relationship with her mother and how that effects Tookie as an adult.

Essay Topic 3

The story takes place during the Covid pandemic. How does the rise of the virus affect the characters' feelings about death?

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