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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 bird does Pollux say is telling you to prepare yourself if it flies to you or perches on your fence?

2. What type of mask is Pen wearing when she tells Tookie she thinks she hears the ghost too?

3. When did everything shut down?

4. In "The Meeting," why is Roland Waring in the hospital?

5. On March 9, where is Louise on her tour?

Short Essay Questions

1. What playlist does Tookie make, and how does Flora respond?

2. How does business pick up at the bookstore?

3. How does Louise feel about the bookstore?

4. What does Tookie buy when she goes shopping after she learns about the hoarding?

5. Why does Tookie realize that she was lucky to have been arrested by Pollux?

6. In "May 30," why does Tookie not make a grand exit after yelling at Pollux?

7. How does Pollux calm Tookie after Flora attacks her?

8. What is Haskell and why is Louise excited to read there?

9. Why is it a signal that Tookie throws a sandwich away in "Night"?

10. In "The Boulevard," what does Hetta remember happened during the march?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Novels can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a novel provide clarity and flow to a story? What are section or chapter titles? What are some purposes of section or chapter titles? How does the author use section or chapter titles in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Tookie makes a comment that Native Americans do not wish to be victims. Why does she make that comment? How has the troubled relationship between Native Americans and whites caused Indigenous people to be seen as victims?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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