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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. How much younger is Tookie than Pollux?
2. How many times does Tookie remember that Jeronimo Yanez shot Philando Castile?
3. In "Haunted City," what car does Asema borrow from her mother?
4. Who rescues Hetta when she falls and is tear-gassed in "The Boulevard"?
5. When Hetta goes to where Floyd dies, who goes with her?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Tookie go back out shopping after her first trip at Target?
2. What do Louise's daughters do when she has a reading at Plymouth Congregational Church?
3. What does Hetta do when Tookie says she is baking cookies, and how does Tookie respond?
4. 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?
5. What is the state seal and flag of Minnesota, and why is Asema on a committee to get it changed?
6. In "Haunted City," what how do Hetta and Asema dress for the protest?
7. In "Night," what do Tookie, Pollux, and Hetta watch the news on their laptop and phones?
8. How does Louise feel about the bookstore?
9. In "May 30," why does Tookie not make a grand exit after yelling at Pollux?
10. What does Jackie tell Tookie about wearing red?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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