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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. During inventory, how many boxes filled with books self-published authors put on the bookshelves?

2. When was The Sentence written?

3. In "Miigwechiwigiizhigad," what type of cookies does Jackie bring?

4. After inventory, what book by Eileen Myles is Tookie reading?

5. In "The Mix-up," from what police station does Kateri call Tookie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tookie want while she was waiting for her trial for moving Budgie's body?

2. How do Tookie and Pollux celebrate the New Year?

3. How long was Tookie's sentence for moving Budgie's body and why?

4. What did Tookie do for Danae?

5. What does Tookie blame the book for after a violent storm?

6. How was Tookie hardened when she started selling books, and how did she change?

7. What does Tookie say about Flora's visits in "Blue"?

8. What do Tookie and Pollux like and dislike about Christmas?

9. Where did Tookie get a job after she got out of prison?

10. Who is Kateri and what does she bring Tookie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss who Tookie's favorite customer is and why. What does helping him reveal about the joys of a challenge?

Essay Topic 2

A 102-year-old elm tree falls in Tookie’s backyard. What does the tree falling communicate about mortality? How does it cause Tookie to examine her mortality?

Essay Topic 3

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?

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