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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are Cee’s mother’s eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

2. Which of the following kinds of soda do Cee and her brother drink?
(a) Dr Pepper.
(b) Coca-Cola.
(c) RC Cola.
(d) Sprite.

3. In which of the following does Cee dream she converses with her brother?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Queens.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Staten Island.

4. Which of the following words does Cee assume her father would say about her brother’s condition?
(a) Untenable.
(b) Unreasonable.
(c) Unreliable.
(d) Unconscionable.

5. As which of the following does Reena describe C’s vision of Wayne?
(a) “Imaginary friend.”
(b) “Golem.”
(c) “Manifestation of trauma.”
(d) “Demon.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following streets does Cee pass en route to school?

2. As which of the following does the novel define “ambiguous loss” (70)?

3. What material is the windbreaker Cee sees?

4. As what does Lu describe Cee sitting with her feet on the couch?

5. As which of the following does Jacinta describe C’s vision of Wayne?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the carnival-ride barker C sees dressed?

2. What precipitates the fight that prompts C’s mother to send her to visit her father?

3. Cee’s brother recounts a dream of Lu. What is the dream?

4. How does Cee’s mother explain the dandelion?

5. How des Cee prepare to face initial police questioning after the loss of her brother?

6. What does the man who hits Cee’s brother with his car claim to have been doing when he struck the boy?

7. What advice is C given by a nurse at the hospital?

8. What problem in Cee’s mother’s painting does Cee identify?

9. What game do Cee and her brother play before they go swimming for the last time?

10. Where does C like to sit in a theater, and why does she rarely get to do so?

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