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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 two things are woven together to decorate O'Connell's?

2. What is the Piss-Pot?

3. For what does Samad trade masturbation on New Year's Day 1980?

4. What is Mr. J.P. Hamilton's biggest health problem?

5. What is the subject of the disagreement between Archie and Clive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the response to the hanging of Mangal Pande's portrait?

2. Why does Hortense Bowden consider both herself and her daughter to be miracles?

3. What is Mo Hussein-Ishmael's connection to Archie?

4. How does Kelvin Hero treat Archie?

5. How does Clara's speech change when she is excited?

6. What changes does Clara begin to notice in Ryan after he meets her mother?

7. Why has O'Connell's become so important to Samad and Archie?

8. In Clara's perspective, what does "dealing with" Ryan consist of?

9. Who is Mad Mary?

10. What is the "End of the World Party 1975"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does FutureMouse and Joyce Chalfen's gardening parallel the relationship that Joyce and Marcus develop with Millat and Irie?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Bowdenism and Chalfenism.

Essay Topic 3

What is the importance of O'Connell's in this story? Why does it have such a strong pull for Samad and Archie? What happens when Samad tries to introduce his son Magid there?

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