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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 phrase does Klara use to mean allowing people to have space?

2. What does Boy AF Rex call Klara in Part I?

3. Who is Josie's family's housekeeper?

4. What instrument did Josie's mother used to play?

5. What do the boys at the interaction meeting propose doing with Klara?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Manager tell Klara about children who make promises to AFs?

2. What does Chrissie ask Klara to do at Morgan's Falls?

3. What does Josie tell Klara is an important part of the question of whether Klara will come to live with Josie?

4. Why does Chrissie tell Josie she can not go to Morgan's Falls?

5. How does Rick treat Klara when they first meet?

6. What does Klara think about the interaction between the Coffee Cup Lady and the man?

7. Why is it strange that Rick comes to the interaction meeting?

8. What does Manager say is extraordinary about Klara?

9. Why does Klara think the sun is pouring into the room with the interaction meeting in Part II?

10. What seems to be the source of Josie's illness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the way Klara seems to think of and process her memories and the way the main humans in the novel - namely Josie and Chrissie - do the same.

Essay Topic 2

What do Miss Helen's entreaties to Vance, and Vance's treatment of Miss Helen and of Rick, reveal about the realities of society and the importance of education and social stratification? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Klara's understanding and perceptions of the sun - and its capabilities - change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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