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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. Who advised Cedar to put tape over her computer camera?

2. What does Cedar consider that she should stock up on in order to bargain after the apocalypse?

3. What does "WV" refer to in the novel?

4. Where did Eddy go to college for his undergraduate degree?

5. What did Cedar purchase at Target with her credit card that gives her concern in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the situation described when Cedar witnesses her first accosting and detainment of a pregnant woman in Part I?

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

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

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

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

6. How is Mother described when she first appears to Cedar? Where does she first appear?

7. Who is Saint Kateri Tekakwitha?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's use of religious allusion and references in Future Home of the Living God. What religions appear in the book? What direct references to the Bible are used? How do these allusions and references enrich the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the figure of "Mother" in Future Home of the Living God. What do you think Mother represents? What is her appearance like? Where and how does she appear in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the narrative style of Future Home of the Living God. From what perspective is the story related? In what tense is it related? What is the importance of the narrative style to the work?

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