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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. On which of the following charitable boards does C’s mother sit?

2. As which of the following does Wayne describe time to Mo?

3. Through which of the following cities does Will flee his nemesis?

4. Which of the following does C’s mother call her?

5. On which of the following charitable boards does C’s mother sit?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wayne describe transitioning from associating with Mo to associating with Sticky?

2. What confirms to Will that he has been followed to his drug deal?

3. How does Wayne explain Mo’s ability to persuade people?

4. What question is posed to Wayne’s fellow traveler that stays with him (173)?

5. How do Mo and Wayne part ways?

6. What injuries does Wayne sustain at police hands?

7. Why does Wayne note wanting to touch coins after news reaches C of Lu’s death?

8. What occasions laughter between C and Wayne at their dinner together?

9. Why does Sticky suggest meeting at Jah’Va?

10. For what reason does event security beat Wayne?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Serpell’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 3

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in The Furrows? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

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