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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. Where does the staff of the Enterprise Grill go after a good night at work?

2. What do Mrs. Whiting's daughter and Miles share?

3. Who is Janine soon to marry?

4. What is Janine doing as she sits in Callahan's?

5. What does David harass Miles about at the Lamplighter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Exacto knife and why does it signify foreshadowing for the plot?

2. What revelation does Miles get when he examines an old photo in the newspaper?

3. How is Tick different from most of the residents of Empire Falls?

4. How does Miles try to help John Voss.

5. How is Miles' good heart exhibited in the scene with a hungover Buster?

6. Explain why Janine is obsessed with the number sixty as she sits at the football game.

7. Name the three events of Part 3, Chapter 15 which foreshadow coming events for the plot.

8. Explain the economic dynamics of the town as the story begins.

9. Explain why the poison ivy is a metaphor in Part 1, Chapter 8.

10. What does Father Mark represent in the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of Mrs. Whiting in the town? What is her role toward the Roby family? Why is she especially benevolent to them given the fact that Grace Roby had had an affair with her husband many years ago?

Essay Topic 2

Who do you think is the real father of Miles and David Roby--Max or C.B. Whiting? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Toward the end of the story, John Voss commits a hideous crime. What is the crime and what were his motivations? Given John's background, can he be held accountable for what he has done? Explain.

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