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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 5, where do Felix and Alice meet again?

2. What airport do Felix and Alice fly into in Chapter 9?

3. Whose birthday does Eileen go out for in Chapter 11?

4. What video does Felix show Alice in Chapter 13?

5. Who does Eileen sit with at the bar in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, how does Alice describe Eileen to Felix?

2. What does Felix tell Alice is the worst thing he ever did?

3. What big event is happening in Eileen's family, and how does she feel about it?

4. In Chapter 8, why is Eileen worried about Alice going to Rome?

5. How does Eileen describe her job to herself?

6. What surprises Felix about the house Alice is renting?

7. Why does Alice tell Felix she has come to his hometown?

8. How does Eileen characterize Simon's current girlfriend Caroline?

9. What does Eileen tell her mother Mary in Chapter 3 that upsets Mary greatly?

10. How do Felix and Alice initially meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Rooney establish and maintain suspense throughout this largely character-driven novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How do Eileen's impressions of Simon's religious faith change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

In the end of Beautiful World, Where Are You, have the four main characters achieved happiness? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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