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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. Which of the following does Armbruster brag about signing to his company?

2. Which of the following is the news channel in the novel?

3. To which of the following does the narrator compare Nzinga?

4. Which of the following books does the narrator note is advertised in Nzinga’s clinic?

5. Which of the following is reported as the name of the physician attending Penny’s pregnancy with Nigel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does the narrator give for liking the Mall of the Seven Myrtles?

2. What does the narrator note was on sale at earlier festivals at the Tiko?

3. What reasons does the narrator give for disliking Araminta?

4. How does the narrator characterize his relationship with Nigel after having drugged him (261)?

5. What does the narrator’s grandfather report as the effect when “those problems done piled up on me” (137)?

6. What message does Jo Jo leave for the narrator when he leaves?

7. What reasoning does Supercargo give for resigning from BEG?

8. How does the narrator recall his first meeting with Penny?

9. How does the narrator describe his preferred workspace in the wake of Penny’s death?

10. What does the narrator expect to hear from his father when he visits him in prison?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What purpose is served by the scene in which the narrator, Penny, and Nigel tour Shanksted Plantation, just before Nigel goes missing (50-54)? What in the text and experience indicates that purpose? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

If there is a villain in the novel—a focal “bad” character—who is it most likely to be, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of Penny’s name.

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