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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. In Chapter 32, what does Samy remember that her father used to call her?

2. In Chapter 32, how long were the men in Cuisery after meeting Samy?

3. In Chapter 35, what does Samy get Perdu and Max?

4. In Chapter 25, how long are Perdu, Max, and Cuneo in Briare when they are asked to leave?

5. In Chapter 29, where do Perdu, Max, and Cuneo run into a storm?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Manon's travel diary at the end of Chapter 21, what did Manon say about Luc and Perdu?

2. What does Samy have with her when Cuneo picks her up in Chapter 31?

3. How does Perdu describe Cuisery in Chapter 30?

4. What areas does Cuneo lay claim to in Chapter 24 when he joins Perdu and Max on the barge?

5. What does the woman look like and what does she do when she opens the door the P.D. Olson's home?

6. In Chapter 26, how do Perdu, Max, and Cuneo try to help a drowning deer?

7. In Chapter 29, how do Cuneo, Perdu, and Max describe their parents?

8. In Chapter 32, how long and when does Perdu say that he was genuinely happy in one stretch?

9. In Chapter 24, how does Cuneo describe the woman he is looking for?

10. In Chapter 22, what is the woman like that Perdu suggests Max dance with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Samantha’s jump into the river mirror the emotional journey that Perdu, Max, and Cuneo are taking?

Essay Topic 2

Perdu’s physical journeys in the novel lead to emotional healing. How does Perdu find healing from the grief he has had for more than 20 years through his travels?

Essay Topic 3

Perdu considers a poem by Hesse and what it says about saying farewell. What does Perdu decide that he needs to say farewell to and how does the Hesse poem help him say good-bye to baggage in his life?

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