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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. What are difficult events in life?

2. What do they do at Serena's house?

3. What makes Maggie so mad?

4. Why does Maggie beg Ira to go back to the swerving car?

5. What is Maggie to Ira?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sets them back from leaving on time?

2. What does Jesse reveal as his ex wife and daughter arrive?

3. What is Daisy's personality like?

4. How was Jesse different from Ira?

5. Why is the couple traveling out of town?

6. Why was Maggie so fond of Fiona?

7. What does Ira spend most of his time doing?

8. Where does everyone go after the funeral?

9. What kind of person is Ira?

10. Why did Fiona want to visit in the first place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

1. Where does the book take place? Name the settings.

2. What significant event happens at each setting?

3. Describe and explain the events of the story.

Essay Topic 3

1. How is Maggie and Ira's life symbolic of the journey they take together in the novel?

2. Would you say that life is a journey that we embark in alone?

3. It is then our choice to pick a partner for the ride?

4. How is the drive from Baltimore and back symbolic of their relationship?

5. Is it important that the whole book happens in one day?

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