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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 does Miss Fellowes call the tour?

2. Who asks Shannon to come back to the bus?

3. What does Maxine tell Shannon to get off his shoes before he gets on the veranda?

4. Who does Shannon say Miss Fellowes is talking to?

5. What is the name of Maxine's casual lover?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shannon burn himself?

2. What news does Herr Fahrenkopf have about the war?

3. Why did Shannon say he had a relationship with the girl?

4. What conditions does Maxine lay out for Hannah?

5. Why does Hannah want to stay at the Costa Verde?

6. Why does Miss Fellowes think Shannon has cheated her?

7. How does Hannah help Maxine?

8. How did Shannon try to scare Charlotte away?

9. Why does Shannon think Hannah is a hustler?

10. Why does Maxine think Hannah is a deadbeat?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Shannon's breakdown affects one of the following areas in his life:

1) Work.

2) Social life.

3) Intimate relationships.

Essay Topic 2

How does living in a dead marriage affect someone mentally? Why did Maxine and Fred stay together? Would they have been any happier if they had split up?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following people and outline his/her influence on Shannon's life:

1) Maxine

2) His mother

3) Fred

4) His bishop

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