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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. Which of the following does Polaire give Tyrod?
2. Which of the following does Nigel add to his grandmother’s fried chicken mix?
3. Which of the following is the name of a tour character at Shanksted?
4. Which of the following does the narrator note is a theme in Octavia’s father’s collection?
5. Which of the following is the name of the dean at Nigel’s school?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does the narrator give for misliking going to court, despite his skill therein?
2. What scenario do the narrator and Nigel role-play while stuck in traffic on the way to Jo Jo’s?
3. What signs of shabbiness does the narrator note about the Tiko?
4. What options does the narrator outline for answering a question about his opinion as “the onliest black guy in the room” (8)?
5. What does the narrator note the Racing Form tracks?
6. What functions in the community does the narrator ascribe to the Chicken Coop?
7. What reasons does the narrator give for not having taken Nigel to their city’s team’s basketball games before the novel?
8. How does Jo Jo describe Polaire to the narrator when he first meets her?
9. What prompts Nigel’s retreat into the art-supply closet at his school?
10. What is the basic plan the narrator and Jo Jo have to get material for Octavia’s campaign?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the functions of similes and metaphors in We Cast a Shadow.
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the effects of the narrator’s refusal to name himself in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
The narrator relates the following anecdote: “Last year one of the transactions shareholders had died cradling a telephone. No one noticed until Accounting came by to check his invoices. When they touched his shoulder, his body exhaled” (23-24). What does the brief anecdote indicate about the narrator’s company, and how does it do so?
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