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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. In “The Rotten Truth,” whose wedding does Moses skip?

2. Jamie’s sister, Ruth demands what of Moses?

3. What is Moses's blog about?

4. In “Your Auntie Tammy,” why does Joan feel guilty?

5. Why does Moses have trouble with Father Tim's idea?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Moses tell the priest?

2. What is Moses's blog about?

3. Where does Moses stay while in Vacca Vale?

4. In “Your Auntie Tammy,” why does Joan feel guilty?

5. Jack knows he is drunk and high when what happens to him?

6. What does Jack accuse Blandine of In “Purebreds"?

7. Who does Blandine run into in the Valley?

8. Jamie’s sister, Ruth demands what of Moses?

9. In “The Expanding Circle,” what does Moses delete?

10. What do the homeless woman and Joan talk about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do a close reading of Joan’s character. How does her transformation throughout the novel speak to Gunty’s larger point of intersecting lives at The Rabbit Hutch?

Essay Topic 2

How do all of the primary and secondary characters in The Rabbit Hutch define their lives?

Essay Topic 3

What has defined Moses’s sense of reality and self throughout his adult life?

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