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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. What kind of sports injury led to Edgar abandoning all sports in high school?

2. What taste does Edgar describe permeating his mouth on the train ride in Chapter 6?

3. Who gave Edgar a red fowl?

4. How old was Ray-Ray when he died?

5. What does Luka say is his favorite thing to eat in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do birds symbolize in the novel?

2. Where does Edgar encounter Jackson? How does he know Jackson?

3. How does Tsala describe time amongst the dead in Chapter 4?

4. When was Tsala killed? Why was he killed?

5. What does Tsala describe himself as in the narration in Chapter 4?

6. What are Ernest's condition and circumstances like in the beginning of the novel?

7. What is the primary setting established in the Prologue and Chapter 1? Why is it important?

8. What are Sonja's situation and circumstances in the beginning of the novel?

9. Why does Edgar not go immediately home in the narrative?

10. Why are Maria and Ernest fostering Wyatt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Tsala in The Removed. In what time and place is Tsala as he narrates? What happened to Tsala in the past? What are his circumstances now? How does Tsala interact with characters in the main timeline, and what does this mean?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss three examples of irony in The Removed. What verbal irony can be seen in this book? How is situational irony employed? What dramatic irony is used? Why is irony a significant literary device in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss three examples of foreshadowing or red herrings in The Removed. How are foreshadowing and red herrings defined? What do they reveal in The Removed? How do they impact the reader?

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