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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 which of the following had Marx competed?

2. What is Daedalus’s first name?

3. With which of the following do Sam and Sadie make a game?

4. From what does Sam’s grandfather die?

5. How many days does Sam calculate the length of his friendship with Marx to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the format of the class Sadie teaches?

2. Why does Alabaster suggest Emily stock greeting cards?

3. Why does Sadie assert there should be marriages in Mapleworld?

4. What does Sadie note attracted her to Pioneers?

5. To what is the initial success of Mapleworld ascribed?

6. Why does Emily give her neighbors rocks?

7. Why does Marx opine that he, rather than Sadie, should have a problem with marriage?

8. What does Zevin note as of interest about her novel’s typeface?

9. Why does Marx pride himself on his memory?

10. What addition to Mapleworld does Sam make for Pioneers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what genre other than romance might Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the offers to pick up the first game Sadie and Sam design. Which, ultimately, is better? Why, per the novel and experience?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow bear as much out?

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