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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 Budweiser do when gravity shifts?

2. Who forces Wilbur back to life when he tries to commit suicide?

3. What does the King of Lake Maxinkuckee want control of?

4. What do Wilbur and Eliza write together, during their reunion?

5. What song does Isadore like to sing while sweeping?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are those with the same noun in their middle name related?

2. Why is Rose unhappy with her marriage to Wilbur?

3. In Indianapolis, what does it mean if you are not a Daffodil?

4. What does the King of Lake Maxinkuckee want Wilbur to sign?

5. What causes the Green Death?

6. When Wilbur returns to his graduation party, people think that Eliza's voice had come from where?

7. Why does Sophie object to her new middle name?

8. After gravity shifts for the first time, everyone is crying for help. What does Wilbur do?

9. During their reunion, Wilbur and Eliza do what to their mother, the servants, and Mushari?

10. When Wilbur finishes speaking with Eliza in the afterlife, what does he plan to do and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Wilbur gets older, the country begins a slow return to basics. Characters begin riding horses, hunting, and returning to simple entertainment such as Backgammon.

1) What prompts this return to basics?

2) How is this different from how Wilbur was raised?

3) How does Wilbur respond in this new environment?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the relationship between Wilbur and Eliza throughout the novel.

1) What were they like as children?

2) What is their relationship when they are separated?

3) What is their relationship when they are reunited?

Essay Topic 3

Wilbur and Eliza reveal their intelligence to their caretakers at the mansion in a cautious and deliberate fashion. Analyze this reveal and its results.

1) What actions do they take to reveal the truth about their intelligence?

2) What actions do they take to protect the adults when they learn the truth?

3) What actions do they take when they do not receive the response they were expecting?

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