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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. To where is the narrator traveling?

2. At what type of business does Monsieur Jobs work?

3. What reason does Philip give his father for needing money?

4. What is Philip's biggest dread regarding Anne-Marie?

5. What game are the local children playing when the narrator sees them?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Philip and Anne-Marie view the relationship from cross purposes?

2. How does the narrator spend his first full day in Autun?

3. How does the narrator's interaction with the Wheatlands in Paris force him to think about his life of solitude?

4. What is the nature of the narrator's documentation project in Chapter 20?

5. Describe a typical day for the narrator in Autun.

6. What is the state of Billy and Cristina's marriage when the narrator returns to Paris to visit them?

7. What part does arrogance play in the narrator's solitary lifestyle?

8. Describe the two extremes of feelings that Philip has regarding Anne-Marie.

9. What does Philip do that lets the reader know that his relationship with Anne-Marie is entering its final stages?

10. How does the author provide some foreshadowing of Philip's future?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Salter's use of symbolism and imagery in the story as related to the the car and driving. What does the car represent? Which characters are especially affected by the car and driving and what do they mean to them?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator and Philip are both important to the premise of the story. Compare and contrast Philip and the narrator. What similarities do they share? How are they different?

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of the narrator. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him--if anything--at this point in his life?

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