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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. How did Phil say he knew the Songmakers when he encountered the strange couple at their home in Part I?

2. What is Paul's ancestry said to be in Part I?

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

4. When Mother first appears to Cedar, Cedar describes her face as being round and white like what?

5. What has Phil bought a lot of and locked in the car trunk when he returns with food and provisions for the first time in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the lizardlike bird that Cedar observes in Part I represent?

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

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

5. How are Cedar's adoptive parents described?

6. How is Sweetie described when Cedar first meets her?

7. What is supposedly happening genetically that is altering the world in the novel?

8. What is the significance of Sera eating a hot dog?

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

10. Why is Cedar going to an Ojibwe reservation in Part I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the characters of Agnes Starr and Tia Jackson. What do these minor characters contribute to the novel? What relationships do they form with Cedar? What happens to these characters in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one example of each of the three types of irony in Future Home of the Living God. How does the author use verbal irony for humor? In what ways is Cedar's character representative of irony? What dramatic irony appears in the work?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the title of Future Home of the Living God. What does the title mean? When and where is the title referenced within the work? What themes are evoked in the title of the book?

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