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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. Who takes care of baby Wladek?

2. At what age does William receive his full inheritance?

3. How old is William when he travels with his mother and father to Europe?

4. Who denies William's request to hire his best friend as his assistant?

5. Who is Abel's "tutor" regarding intimate relations?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does William meet Kate?

2. How does Wladek acquire his limp?

3. Explain young William's luggage scheme.

4. What is Wladek's birth defect and how do his foster parents explain it?

5. How does Wladek acquire his inheritance?

6. How does Abel make his way to Chicago from New York?

7. How does Wladek discover he is the Baron's second son?

8. Why does Abel meet with William after Davis Leroy's death?

9. Explain how Richard dies and why his wife and child do not also die.

10. What is ironic about the first time Melanie Leroy sleeps with Abel after he inherits her father's hotel chain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the difference between conflict and crisis in a novel? How are they similar? Also relate the differences and similarities specifically to Kane and Abel.

Essay Topic 2

What methods and writing techniques does the author use to get readers to empathize with William and Abel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the sequence of this book. How does the author tell the story of Kane and Abel? Analyze the effectiveness of the author's choice of sequence.

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