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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Larry see from his balcony window?
(a) Shopkeepers setting out their wares
(b) A procession of people and donkeys
(c) Women doing laundry
(d) Children walking to school

2. Charity says that there is no decent literature on what subject?
(a) How to die
(b) Cancer treatments
(c) Cultivating raspberries
(d) Environmentalism

3. What is Hallie's profession?
(a) Professor
(b) Artist
(c) Psychoanalyst
(d) Securities Analyst

4. Larry thinks about making order out of __________________________.
(a) The chaos that is life
(b) His study
(c) His garage
(d) His road map

5. Who is Hallie's husband?
(a) Jim
(b) Joe
(c) John
(d) Jack

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is it in the story as Part2: Chapter 1 begins?

2. What is growing in the wooded areas along the way?

3. What does Sally ask Larry to do?

4. Where do Larry and Sally go in Part 2: Chapter 5?

5. Where do Sid, Larry and Sally find Charity?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Charity, Sid and Sally remain in character when facing Charity's imminent death?

2. How is Charity managing her illness?

3. What revelation does Sid share with Larry about his life?

4. Why does Larry consider their year in Italy to be one of the best and most youthful for Sally and him?

5. How does Charity maintain control even though her death is imminent?

6. How has Sid and Charity's home changed from the time the Langs first saw it in 1938?

7. Why is this chapter the climax of the book?

8. Explain the metaphor of Adam and Eve used throughout the novel.

9. Why does Sid not want to go on the family picnic?

10. What is the situation the characters find themselves in when the novel returns to the present day in 1972?

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