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

2. Where are Sid and Charity when Larry and Sally arrive?
(a) Working in the garden
(b) Sitting on recliners
(c) Playing golf
(d) Washing the cars

3. What has Charity planned?
(a) Her own funeral
(b) Tonight's dinner
(c) The lives of her husband, children and grandchildren
(d) Summer vacation

4. What do the Langs and Morgans plan to do at the end of the summer?
(a) Go to New York for a theater trip
(b) Take a 100-mile walking trip
(c) Go whitewater rafting
(d) Spend a week at Walden Pond

5. Where does Larry go to work after the start of World War II?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) New York
(c) Pearl Harbor
(d) London

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Larry describe the foursome of the Langs and the Morgans?

2. What does Sally ask Larry to do?

3. What has Charity selected for Sid?

4. Who tries to talk Sid out of going on the picnic?

5. Why do the nurses take Charity into the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Although Larry and Sally never had the advantages or financial ease that Sid and Charity did, they seem to have a better marriage. Explain how the author reveals this.

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

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

4. How does the author extend the Adam and Eve metaphor in this chapter?

5. Explain how Charity's simplistic view of life is in contrast to both Sid and the Langs?

6. Explain the method that Sally has of categorizing her memories.

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

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

9. How is Charity managing her illness?

10. What plans has Charity made for her family for after her death?

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