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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 year is the bottle of Campari Ed finds in the larder?
2. What does Ed weigh?
3. In Act 1, Chapter 9, by what time does Senderovsky hear his wife snoring?
4. In Act 2, Chapter 1, where does Dee say that she did a reading when her book came out?
5. What is the name of the sheepdog on the farm that is adjacent to the Senderovsky property?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dee know about Senderovsky and his guests from their social accounts?
2. In Act 2, Chapter 5, where does Vinod go to read?
3. What does Masha wonder about the Teva sandals box in the attic?
4. What chaos is there at the House on the Hill in Act 1, Chapter 1?
5. What does Dee learn about Ed's background in Act 2, Chapter 1?
6. What does Senderovsky do when his wife is finally asleep in Chapter 9?
7. In Act 2, Chapter 1, what does Dee think about Ed when they smoke a cigarette near a barn that is rotting away?
8. What does Vinod want back from Senderovsky, and how does Senderovsky respond?
9. In Chapter 7, what does the narrator comment about alcohol and writing?
10. Why does Nat take Karen into the yard in Act 2, Chapter 3, and what do they find?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in Our Country Friends? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?
Essay Topic 2
The Actor is very self-centered and imposes his emotions on others. How do emotions dictate the Actor’s behavior? How do his emotions affect the interpersonal relationships between him and other characters?
Essay Topic 3
Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does Shteyngart use personification in Our Country Friends? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects?
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