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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. What does the Author hear before he stands to speak in the Bolton Town Hall?

2. What does Kelly suggest the Author do while she embalms a corpse to take his mind off what she is doing?

3. When Sharon and the Author are in Bolton, how much does the Author think Sharon is wearing in designer clothing?

4. What is the Author allergic to?

5. Where is the coroner's office located where William's body is taken?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Author see as he and Sharon drive into Bolton?

2. Why does Kelly go out with the Author?

3. What is the Kid's favorite animal and why?

4. Why did the Author never fit in Bolton?

5. What does the Author say about Sharon when he sees that she is meeting him in Bolton?

6. What does the Author do after Kelly?

7. How did Kelly decide to become an undertaker?

8. What does Soot see and feel when his father dies?

9. What does the Author remember about his father?

10. What do the Author and the Kid do when they go to Pennsylvania?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A character arc is the inner journey of a character in a book. What is The Author’s character arc, and what situations and characters influence his growth and transformation?

Essay Topic 2

A bully is someone who picks on someone, often someone smaller or weaker. Who bullies Soot? How does Soot attempt to deal with the bullying? Why does no one stop the bullying?

Essay Topic 3

Both the Author and Soot rely heavily upon imagination. Why do the Author and Soot rely heavily upon imagination? How does imagination serve as an escape and a survival mechanism for them?

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