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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. Who does Jackie say bothered her as a ghost?

2. How many apartments have been carved out of the house that Tookie used to live in with her mother?

3. How old was Diamond Reynold's child when Philando Castile was shot?

4. What does Tookie think a hat Flora knitted her makes her look like?

5. If Tookie approves of a book choice, what does she draw on a card as whe wraps books for delivery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a signal event?

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

3. How does Louise feel about the bookstore?

4. What type of dog does Roland Waring have, and where did he get the dog?

5. What type of masks do the employees make and wear in "Tookie's Bubble"?

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

7. In "Haunted City," what how do Hetta and Asema dress for the protest?

8. How does business pick up at the bookstore?

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

10. How does Louise decide to avoid exposing the staff to the virus, and how does Tookie feel about that?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

Essay Topic 3

Pollux is Tookie’s husband. How was Pollux raised? What jobs has he held? What is his relationship like with Tookie and with Hetta? What do those relationships reveal about his character?

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