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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. How does Allison travel to Linwood, NC?

2. Who shoots the bird on the hunting trip?

3. What present does Will bring Allison when he comes back to visit her at the greenhouse?

4. Where does Allison get her water from?

5. During the fivesome golf game, what unusual thing does Will find himself doing with his golf club when he is hunting for his out of bounds ball?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Will realize who Allison is?

2. How does Allison get the large iron cook stove into the greenhouse?

3. What is the first time Will Barrett's deceased wife is mentioned?

4. What is Will unhappy about during the game of golf with Ed Cupp, Bernie Peabody, Lewis Peckham, and Jimmy Rogers?

5. What kind of shady business proposition does Ewell McBee make to Will?

6. What happy discovery does Allison make when she gets the stove out of the cellar?

7. What does Allison talk to the man in the garage of Washau Motors about?

8. What happens when Will enters the greenhouse on his second visit?

9. Why does Will obsess over how many shots his father fired on the hunting trip they took together?

10. What does Allison realize that she forgot to ask when she arrives at Washau Motors?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Will and Allison both have epiphanies in the beginning of the novel, each realizing something important about life that will shape how that character reacts throughout the rest of the novel. Write an essay in which you discuss what Will and Allison each discover about life and how each character's discovery affects his or her relationships throughout the rest of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, Allison has lost her memory because of the treatments she received at the mental institution and Will has repressed some troubling memories from his childhood that keep returning to him when he has his spells. Write an essay discussing the theme of memory from the novel, comparing and contrasting how different characters' memories shape the plot and affect how we as a reader react to those characters.

Essay Topic 3

Will goes into the cave in search of an answer from God regarding his existence. Do you think he gets an answer? Why or why not? Use passages from the novel to support your argument.

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