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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 word is Allison unsure of?

2. Which of the following is NOT the name of one of the rock formations inside Lost Cove Cave?

3. What happened to Allison's father, Walter?

4. What did Marion NOT know about at the nursing home?

5. What does Leslie leave for Will in his room at the nursing home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What skills do the three old guys who Will befriends in the convalescent home possess?

2. What happened to the tiger skeleton that used to be in the cave?

3. When Will is thinking things over in his Mercedes, what does he decide the name of the century should be?

4. What is the first thing Kitty says after Will recognizes her when she wakes him up in his car in the parking lot?

5. How does Allison find Will?

6. What does Will dream that the country club becomes in the future while he is sleeping in his car?

7. What makes Allison feel like she needs another person in her life?

8. Where has Will's daughter, Leslie, moved while he has been away at the cave and the greenhouse?

9. What happens in the secret room that Jack Curl shows Will at the convalescent home?

10. Why does Will get into a fight with Kitty at the nursing home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Like many novels set in small Southern towns, in The Second Coming the characters are constantly concerned about how others perceive them. Choose three characters from the novel and write an essay about how each deals with the issue of how others perceive them.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay discussing what Will is searching for in the novel The Second Coming. Use examples from the text to support your thesis. Is he searching for God, for love, for meaning, for a purpose, or something else entirely?

Essay Topic 3

What do you think the title, The Second Coming signifies? Write an essay explaining what you think the author is referring to in the title, providing examples from the text to support your thesis.

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