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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. To which of the following does C compare the carnival ride to which she takes Wayne?

2. What color of shirt does Wayne wear to the carnival ride?

3. Which of the following books does Cee’s therapist send home with her?

4. What is the name of C’s father’s second wife?

5. With which of the following does the main text of the novel begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is implied to have been the topic of conversation in the last video Cee and her parents watch together?

2. What is Reena’s summer job?

3. With what moniker does C describe the early attendees of her mother’s events?

4. How do Cee and her high school friends distinguish themselves?

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

6. Describe Cee’s first therapist’s office.

7. For what reasons does C accuse Reena and her friends of racism?

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

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

10. What is the “gorgeous idiotic thing” Caleb does (67)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what genre other than elegy might The Furrows be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Mention is made throughout the novel of the weight among the Williams family of the term “lie.” From the text of the novel and its contexts of composition and publication, what is the significance of that assertion in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does The Furrows bear as much out?

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