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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 Enzo know Mister loves to do?

2. What screen name does Marvin choose for his online chats with other liberated dwellers?

3. Who is the owl kentuki who is supposedly a kind of fortune-teller or guru?

4. Who picks Marvin up from the street in Part III?

5. Where is the dweller controlling the kentuki in Hong Kong in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Emilia surprised and dismayed to see in Eva's apartment in Part III?

2. What is Marvin's relationship with his father like?

3. How does Alina react when the kentuki seems to try to touch her breasts?

4. What does Grigor do regarding running his business to avoid arousing any suspicion?

5. How does Emilia start making direct contact with Klaus?

6. Why do you think Alina's mother is worried about her in Part IV?

7. How does Marvin narrowly escape losing his kentuki forever in Part IV?

8. What would Alina have done if she had better understood what a kentuki was?

9. Who picks Marvin's kentucki dragon up when he is outside Lis's shop and why?

10. Why does the Vancouver mother destroy her new kentuki within several minutes of connecting it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What finally drives Enzo to sever his connection permanently with Mister, his kentuki? How does Enzo feel about severing his connection with Mister? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Emilia takes the step to speak to Klaus, Eva's boyfriend, before she ever speaks to Eva? What are Emilia's range of feelings about Klaus from when she first sees him as a dweller to when she begins speaking to him on the phone? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Eider, at the nursing home in Barcelona, suspect that the kentukis they have bought for the residents there have disconnected themselves deliberately? What do you think Schweblin is trying to communicate to the reader about the motivations of kentuki dwellers through this vignette? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions?

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