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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 is the title of a note Pen gives Tookie to read that she says is either a prose poem or flash fiction?
2. In "The Circle," who is Laurent working for?
3. How old was Diamond Reynold's child when Philando Castile was shot?
4. At what time does Asema walk the six blocks to the memorial on May 28?
5. In "The Professor," what type of chairs do Pollux and Tookie sit in in Asema's backyard?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Hetta do when Tookie says she is baking cookies, and how does Tookie respond?
2. What does Jackie tell Tookie about wearing red?
3. What does the house look like where Tookie and her mother use to live in when they lived between the reservation and the city, and what does Tookie remember about the house?
4. What does Tookie buy when she goes shopping after she learns about the hoarding?
5. Why is it a signal that Tookie throws a sandwich away in "Night"?
6. In "Haunted City," what how do Hetta and Asema dress for the protest?
7. How does business pick up at the bookstore?
8. In "May 30," why does Tookie not make a grand exit after yelling at Pollux?
9. Why does Tookie go back out shopping after her first trip at Target?
10. What do Louise's daughters do when she has a reading at Plymouth Congregational Church?
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
The story takes place during the Covid pandemic. How does the rise of the virus affect the characters' feelings about death?
Essay Topic 3
Pollux receives eagle feathers in the mail from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife. Why does Pollux not hunt eagles for their feathers? Why does he need eagle feathers? Why are they important in the ceremonies he conducts?
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