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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 the person who comes into the shop in Chapter 11 that no one wants to see make sure is happening as that person works?

2. Why does Alan get so angry at the health inspector?

3. In Chapter 19, what does Wallace suggest doing with the tea water?

4. What does Mei do to try to still the commotion that Alan has caused in Chapter 16 after Nancy leaves?

5. In Chapter 14, what is the name of the new prospect in the shop?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wallace do to Desdemona in Chapter 11?

2. Why does Nancy come to the tea shop so often?

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

4. In Part III, how does Wallace feel about another spirit coming to the shop?

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

6. In Chapter 11, what does Desdemona do?

7. In Chapter 14, what does Alan want more than anything?

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

9. What did the first reaper do to Lea?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Wallace feel he has in common with Cameron, once he begins to understand Cameron's pain? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Klune introduce the topic of Wallace's homosexuality in this novel, and how does the revelation affect the reader's understanding of some of Wallace's struggles in his life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Alan Flynn's arrival at the tea house cast a different light on Wallace's self-perception of his own death and journey there? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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