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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. How does Edgar describe the air in the town where Jackson lives in Chapter 9?

2. What kind of bird lands in Sonja's yard and watches her in Chapter 11?

3. Where does Sonja take Vin to put him to bed in Chapter 15?

4. What is the elevation described for Darkening Land city limits in Chapter 17?

5. What did the beautiful woman say she was planting in Edgar's dream from Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the encounter between Vin and Sonja in Chapter 15?

2. How would you describe Sonja's date with Vin in Chapter 11?

3. To whom is Tsala's narrative largely directed? Why?

4. What is the first story Wyatt tells at the shelter in Chapter 14?

5. How would you describe Wyatt's essay for English class in Chapter 10?

6. What is Sonja's dream about and what does it foreshadow in Chapter 15?

7. Who do Sonja and her parents encounter on their walk in Chapter 15?

8. What does coughing represent in the Darkening Land?

9. What awkward encounter occurs between Edgar and Jackson in Chapter 13?

10. Where does Edgar meet Venery? How is he described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of addiction in The Removed. How is this theme developed through character? What characters in the story are impacted by addiction? How? What statement(s) do you think the author is making about addiction?

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

Analyze and discuss the characters of Wyatt and Ray-Ray in The Removed. In what ways are these characters alike? How are they different? What impacts does Wyatt have on the Echota family? What happens to Wyatt at the end of the novel?

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