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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 6, what color are the first fish Anna sees when she goes snorkeling with Pat?

2. What does Pat bring Anna to eat in Chapter 8?

3. What does Anna eat in Chapter 8 that gives her food poisoning?

4. In Chapter 5, who does Anna say was the last person that she slept with on a beach?

5. In Chapter 5, where does Anna remember sleeping with her father on a beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Fran Fenton?

2. Why does Anna say there has been a mass exodus from the island in Chapter 10?

3. What type of party does Anna have for her 50th birthday?

4. How did having a New Year's party at Tom's become a ritual?

5. Why does Anna struggle to sleep in Chapter 3?

6. What does Anna see at the end of Chapter 4?

7. How does Anna describe the campers in Chapter 6?

8. Who is Tom Scarlett?

9. Where does Anna go for breakfast on her birthday, and what does she have?

10. How does Anna describe the time she and her father slept on the beach?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Morrie Spence has Huntington’s disease. What challenges does Morrie have because of Huntington’s disease? How does the way that he deals with the disease demonstrate how people can deal with a debilitating illness?

Essay Topic 2

Anna feels old at 49. How does Anna feel about age and aging at the beginning of the novel? How and why does the way that she feels about aging change in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Both Anna and Kirsty experience being pregnant and unmarried. How are the choices that Anna and Kirsty make different? What influences each of them to make the choices that they make?

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