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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 Part 2 when Daniel feels like he is inside something, what does he compare the sensation to?

2. Where were people staring at a red banner on the exterior of the Palais de la Prefecture?

3. Where did the poet Daniel mentions in Part 1 spend his last days?

4. After Daniel makes clothes from leaves in his dream, what does he see on the shore?

5. When Elisabeth first met Daniel in 1993, what did he say that his last name meant?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Elisabeth's mother embarrass her in 1993?

2. What does Elisabeth try to do at the post office in pages 1-52, and how successful is she?

3. What incident is described that took place in September 1943?

4. What collage did Daniel describe to Elisabeth in 1995?

5. In 1995, how did Daniel describe language to Elisabeth?

6. What does Daniel want at the end of the description of him being inside a tree?

7. In 1993, what did Elisabeth's mother tell her to do instead of interviewing Daniel for the school assignment?

8. On pages 1-13, where does Daniel find himself in his dream and what are his first thoughts?

9. When Elisabeth was 13, what did Wendy decide about Elisabeth's relationship with Daniel?

10. What happened in September 2015 in Nice that upset people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

On page 7, Daniel discovers what it is to feel again. Why is this scene in the dream important? What does it reveal about how Daniel is preparing for the next life?

Essay Topic 3

How is Wendy hypocritical toward others? How does her hypocrisy cause her to treat truth as being relative? Why does that lead to moral relativism?

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