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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 type of boots is Penstemon Brown wearing after Kateri drops off a book Flora was reading when she died?

2. What is Tookie's favorite soup that Pollux has been perfecting for the past year?

3. What author is Tookie reading after she buries the book that killed Flora?

4. Where is Hetta living in "Rose-Fleshed Trout"?

5. What is the name of Jacke's dog?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Tookie say about Flora's visits in "Blue"?

6. Who is Dissatisfaction?

7. What is Tookie's favorite soup?

8. Who was Flora?

9. How does Tookie live a regular life?

10. Who is Kateri and what does she bring Tookie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator defines signal events. What are signal events? In what way are signal events in real life similar to inciting events in a novel? How does the author use signal events as inciting events in the book?

Essay Topic 2

A 102-year-old elm tree falls in Tookie’s backyard. What does the tree falling communicate about mortality? How does it cause Tookie to examine her mortality?

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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