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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 flowers does the narrator note is planted at the Tiko for the festival?
2. To which of the following does the narrator compare his mother?
3. Which of the following does the narrator note had been the previous function of the Reinhardt Uplift Center?
4. Which of the following is the reported death toll from the attack on the mall?
5. In which of the following does the narrator report his mother saw him argue a case?
Short Essay Questions
1. What effects does the narrator note demelanization had on Crooked Crown?
2. How does the narrator recall his first meeting with Penny?
3. What does the narrator note was on sale at earlier festivals at the Tiko?
4. What does the narrator expect to hear from his father when he visits him in prison?
5. How is “the original ADZE” described (218)?
6. What reasons are given for disbelief in ADZE’s complicity in the mall attack?
7. What does the narrator note as the inciting incident for his wanting to have Nigel demelanized?
8. What does the narrator’s grandfather report as the effect when “those problems done piled up on me” (137)?
9. What significance accrues to Armbruster signing a company that he and Octavia had worked on together?
10. How does the narrator describe his preferred workspace in the wake of Penny’s death?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the epigraphs from Ellison, Melville, and Nabokov. Typically, epigraphs suggest one or more of the themes of the works they introduce. Do the epigraphs of We Cast a Shadow effectively suggest one or more of the novel’s themes? If so, how? If not, what purpose does the epigraph serve, and how does it achieve it?
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the novel, the narrator makes repeated reference to Grand Marnier, more than to any other alcohol. Explicate the significance of the liquor.
Essay Topic 3
Is the narrator ultimately a sympathetic character? How or how not?
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