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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 does Nelson do to the camera in Chapter 11?

2. What did the Manager do to the Reaper in punishment for what the Reaper did to Lea?

3. What does Wallace bristle at hearing about the person who comes into the shop in Chapter 11 that no one wants to see?

4. How does Mei jokingly suggest getting rid of the person who comes into the shop in Chapter 11 that no one wants to see?

5. Who assists the person who comes into the shop in Chapter 11 that no one really wants to see?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mei react to Wallace's interaction with Desdemona?

2. In Chapter 12, what does Wallace think of the door in the ceiling?

3. In Chapter 15, what does Wallace ask Hugo that he is terribly vulnerable in asking?

4. In Chapter 16, what does Alan do to Nancy?

5. In Chapter 17, what does Wallace think of the Manager?

6. In Chapter 12, why does Hugo call some of the spirits "husks"?

7. What did the first reaper do to Lea?

8. In Chapter 14, what does Wallace see when Cameron touches him?

9. In Chapter 16, what does Alan do that brings the Manager to the tea shop?

10. In Chapter 11, what does Desdemona do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When and how does Hugo begin to doubt - and then lose some faith in - the manager? How does Klune describe this shift? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What kind of language and tone does Klune employ in Under the Whispering Door, and how does it affect the reader's experience of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Klune's references to some classical Greek themes and motifs surrounding death and the afterlife, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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