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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. Where does Bing Partridge read an article about the deterioration of Charlie Manx’s health in "Interlude: The Spirit of Ecstasy, 2000-2012"?
2. What is written on the side of the Zippo lighter that Vic got from Detective Daltry in "Search Engine, July 6-7"?
3. After the visitation from his grandmother, Wayne rubs his eyes as he rides in the Wraith and sees that they are traveling through what state in the beginning of "Christmasland, July 7-9"?
4. What happens to the “True Children” of Charles Manx in the epilogue?
5. Tabitha K. Hutter’s nametag indicates that she works for what law enforcement branch in "Search Engine, July 6-7"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Bing do at the church by his house in "Interlude: The Spirit of Ecstasy, 2000-2012"?
2. Who advises Wayne in the backseat of the Wraith in "Search Engine, July 6-7"? What advice is given?
3. How is Charles Talent Manx’s medical condition described in "Interlude: The Spirit of Ecstasy, 2000-2012"?
4. Where does Vic travel to via the Shorter Way Bridge after she leaves Bing’s home in "Christmasland, July 7-9"? What does she learn here?
5. What is Vic doing when the narrative first turns to her character at the Lake House in "Search Engine, July 6-7"?
6. How does the narrator describe the actions of Paul Caslon and Millie Manx in the novel’s Epilogue?
7. How is Wayne’s demeanor described in the beginning of "Christmasland, July 7-9"?
8. How is Wayne’s demeanor described in the beginning of "Come All Ye Faithful, October"? What does Lou do for his son?
9. What does Charlie Manx tell Wayne about Maggie Leigh in "Christmasland, July 7-9"?
10. Where does Vic travel to across the Shorter Way Bridge on the Triumph in "Search Engine, July 6-7"? What takes place at this location?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the death of Bing Partridge’s parents in NOS4A2. How did Bing’s mother and father die? Does Bing feel he was responsible for their deaths? What motive would Bing have had for killing his parents?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Wayne Carmody in "Bad Mother, December 16, 2011-July 6, 2012." How old is Wayne in the beginning of the chapter? What is Wayne’s relationship like with his father? What is his relationship like with Vic?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Gerard Manley Hopkins’ definition of inscapes and how this concept applies to Vic’s bridge, Maggie’s Scrabble tiles, and Charlie Manx’s Rolls-Royce in NOS4A2. What is an inscape? How are inscapes related to logocentric theology?
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