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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "thought to be the outside figure on the amount of time we've been roughed out as proto-human," according to Cedar in Part I (57)?
(a) 100 million years.
(b) 2.2 million years.
(c) 300,000 years.
(d) 4.4 million years.

2. What did Grandmother Mary's father teach her to brush her teeth with when she was young?
(a) A peeled willow twig.
(b) A piece of stripped cloth.
(c) A boar's-hair brush.
(d) A fern leaf.

3. How did Phil say he knew the Songmakers when he encountered the strange couple at their home in Part I?
(a) He was their daughter's boyfriend.
(b) He had worked for them as a landscaper.
(c) He was their son.
(d) He was their mailman.

4. On what date did Cedar witness her first "gravid female detention" at a mall parking lot in Part I (73)?
(a) September 12.
(b) May 30.
(c) June 1.
(d) August 25.

5. How old was Sweetie's mother when she gave birth to Sweetie?
(a) 29.
(b) 42.
(c) 35.
(d) 53.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Phil have to go to find food after the supermarkets have run out in Part I?

2. What are the Angel Phil's teeth compared to in Part I?

3. What does Cedar refer to the "Anima Mundi" as in Part I (62)?

4. What outstanding feature does Cedar describe of her baby's father in Part I?

5. On what day does Cedar arrive at the Potts reservation home in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Cedar's spiritual/religious beliefs differ from those of her adoptive parents?

2. Who is Saint Kateri Tekakwitha?

3. How are Cedar's adoptive parents described?

4. What information do Eddy and Sweetie reveal when they tap on Cedar's window in Part I?

5. What provisions does Phil bring to Cedar's home in Part I? Where has he obtained them?

6. What publication does Cedar produce? What is its subject?

7. What are Cedar's spiritual/religious beliefs like?

8. From what perspective and tense is the story related? How is the novel framed?

9. What is Eddy's book comprised of? How long is it when Cedar meets him?

10. What happens when Cedar goes to her first ultrasound appointment in Part I?

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