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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 job is Alison training for?

2. Which of the following characters do the villagers claim never to have seen?

3. How does Conchis respond when Nicholas asks him about a woman he saw?

4. What does Nicholas tell the gatekeeper when he returns his gun?

5. Who arrives to interrupt Nicholas' thoughts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Conchis volunteer to Nicholas?

2. What does Nicholas see when he goes downstairs himself after Conchis heads upstairs?

3. What discussion takes place in regard to the voices heard by Nicholas the night before?

4. What decisions did Conchis come to in regard to war and what did this make him determined to do?

5. What does Nicholas observe after he releases Lily and watches her go?

6. What resolution does Nicholas come to about Conchis and privacy as well as Conchis and Alison?

7. What conclusions did Nicholas draw about what was happening to him at Bourani?

8. Why does Nicholas say that he will not be able to have sex with her and how does she decide to handle this news?

9. How did Conchis describe his time in Word War II and how it affected him?

10. Who does Nicholas contact via letter and what does he hope to happen because of the letter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What events within the novel break down Nicholas' pre-conceptions about himself? What new preconceptions does this lead to? Why do you think this?

Essay Topic 2

Write an analysis of this book based on the narrative of the journey Nicholas goes through, the way its events are structured and entwined with his external and internal realizations. Include an examination from beginning of the novel through the end of the novel including specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

What does the author intend to be the biggest shock to Nicholas in this novel? What does the author intend to be the biggest shock to the reader in this novel? Why do you think so?

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