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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. How did Maggie and Ira become closer?

2. What does Maggie begin to imagine?

3. Why is their relationship essential to Ira?

4. What does Ira wish existed in his life?

5. What does Serena ask of Ira and Maggie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ira and Maggie meet?

2. Who does Maggie share her concerns with when they make a pit stop?

3. What does the couple hear on the radio?

4. What is the time frame of the novel?

5. What does Fiona reveal to Maggie?

6. What is Serena dressed as?

7. How did Jesse treat Fiona after they married?

8. Does Ira love his children?

9. What sets them back from leaving on time?

10. How does Ira react when he learns that Fiona and Leroy are coming for a visit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. How has Maggie's friendship affected Serena's life?

2. Describe this, listing the times when Maggie helped Serena through a difficult occurrence.

3. Compare Maggie to a friend that you might have.

4. How are they similar or different?

Essay Topic 2

1. Much of the book is based on reliving memories between the characters. How do memories affect our actions?

2. Where do you record your memories?

3. How do you keep them alive?

4. How do we keep memories alive in our greater culture?

Essay Topic 3

1. Describe the settings of the novel.

2. Where do the most important moments take place?

3. Why do they happen where they happen?

4. Is that setting impertinent to telling the story?.

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