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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. Which of the following was a foster-mother to Will?

2. In what year does Will note a major DC snowstorm?

3. In what neighborhood does C’s mother live?

4. What professional title does C hold?

5. Of which of the following does Wayne’s hospital nurse smell?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Wayne note “The trick is” to boasting (151)?

3. When C asks him about his work, how does Wayne respond?

4. Why does Will disclaim his real name?

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

6. What initially brings Wayne to California?

7. What information does Wayne confirm with the urchin he meets at the gala he expects C to attend?

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

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

10. In what features does Wayne note the resemblance between C and her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of The Furrows on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

What character is the protagonist of The Furrows? How does the novel support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 3

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

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