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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 was Bingo than Joker?

2. Where did Excel sleep before Joker died?

3. What color streaks did Sab have in her hair nine months ago?

4. Where did Maxima's parents drown after a typhoon?

5. What type of shoes did Excel wear nine months ago in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maxima get money from Henry?

2. What was the Square in Hello City?

3. What does Maxima look like and how old is she?

4. What is Maxima paying for rent in Chapter 4, and what has she paid for rent?

5. How does Excel get his job back at The Pie in Chapter 5?

6. What does Maxima say about the photograph of Joker, Excel, and herself?

7. In Chapter 14, what happens after the showing of Maxima's film at the community college?

8. Where did Sab and Excel go in Chapter 3 and why?

9. In Chapter 7, how does Excel spend his first day back at work?

10. What is The Pie Who Loved Me?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hello City keeps a captive owl. In what ways are Excel and the Oracle both captives? How are they both in cages? Do they ever achieve freedom?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Joker had a heart attack in a restaurant. Why did Maxima treat Joker as a stranger when she asked a clerk to call an ambulance for Joker? Why did Excel walk away? Why does Excel feel guilty about Joker’s death?

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