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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 aroma was NOT mentioned as having filled the house on Christmas Day?

2. What does the Outsider ask Travis to do?

3. What is the name of Nora's doctor?

4. What was the signal from Einstein for No?

5. What did Einstein perceive as coming towards them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vince want with Don Tetragna?

2. How did Travis feel with Nora gone?

3. What did Travis carry with him on his walks and what did he intend to say about it?

4. Why can't Walt go public with the information Lem is giving him?

5. What all had occurred on the day that Einstein said was going to be a "bad day?"

6. Why didn't Nora keep her new hairstyle?

7. What was it about Travis and Nora that made them so memorable to Van Dyne?

8. How does the Magnum Travis was carrying act as ID?

9. Why did Garrison Dilworth help Travis and Nora?

10. Why are the agents responsible for monitoring Garrison and Della's conversation hesitant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How, throughout the novel has Nora's character evolved? What, in later chapters, makes her seem like a totally different person? How does her character development contrast Travis'?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Lem and Nora. In what ways are they both victims? In what ways are they strong? How do both character's progress throughout the novel? How is their progression healthier for them in the long run?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how having a mental illness is more of a way of life than it was in earlier centuries. What do you think is responsible for this global shift in perspective? How has it become chic to have some sort of mild mental disorder? How are mental illnesses glamorized in the media? Who profits from mental illness?

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