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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. Who does Blandine move in with after she drops out of high school?

2. What is Blandine worried about?

3. Who moved into the Rabbit Hutch together?

4. Where do Blandine’s foster parents let her enroll?

5. Which character had a life and identity before she was a mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. When James drives Tiffany home, what happens?

2. What are the names of the elderly couple in C6?

3. When did Jack's, Todd's, and Malik's animal sacrifices start?

4. What is in the bag that Blandine leaves the house with?

5. What does Blandine talk to Joan about in “Afterlife”?

6. In Part II, “Afterlife,” two days before Blandine exits her body, where does she go?

7. How do Tiffany and James know each other?

8. In “Chemical Hazard,” what is Moses’s favorite pastime?

9. What does Tiffany hear James play?

10. What is Blandine obsessed in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Moses feel imprisoned by the traumas he suffers at Elsie’s hand throughout his childhood?

Essay Topic 2

Because characters like Blandine, Jack, Todd, and Malik have grown up in the Vacca Vale foster care system, how does this affect their lives?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author present a nuanced commentary on power structures through the characters?

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