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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. As a paramedic-in-training, Yao is startled to realize the patient is actually experiencing what?

2. While watching Napoleon in Chapter 10, Heather is overcome by a feeling of what?

3. When Tony meets with Masha in Chapter 25, he explains he did what for 20 years?

4. What is the name of Lars's partner?

5. How many children does Carmel have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the director of Tranquillum House? How has she been transformed?

2. What shocking change happened to Jessica and Ben prior to their coming on the retreat? How did the change affect them?

3. What about the Marconi family confuses the director of Tranquillum House in Chapter 9?

4. Once alone in her room for the first time, what does Frances discover?

5. Who is Ray, and what does he want? How does Lars feel about this desire?

6. What does the reader learn about Tony in Chapter 18?

7. Who is Zach and what does the reader learn about him in Chapter 12?

8. What happened during Masha's near-death experience?

9. Who is Masha and what happens to her in Chapter 1?

10. Frances is concerned to see what happen during their morning hike in Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frances finds herself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story and the characters involved.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of Ben’s Lamborghini as it pertains to the lives of Ben and Jessica.

Essay Topic 3

An epigraph is a short quotation at the beginning of a book. The epigraph to this novel is a quote from Rumi: “You suppose that you are in trouble but you are the cure. You suppose that you are the lock in the door but you are the key that opens it.” How does the epigraph reflect the lives of the characters? How does the epigraph reflect the novel’s themes?

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