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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 does Maggie revisit in her memories?

2. How old is Ira?

3. Who was Maggie dating before Ira?

4. Even though Serena is beautiful, she is ______.

5. Who does Maggie see at Serena's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maggie learn from her day?

2. What kind of person is Ira?

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

4. What did Maggie do to try to see Leroy?

5. What kind of ambitions did Boris have?

6. What is Daisy's personality like?

7. How did Ira and Maggie meet?

8. Was Fiona's pregnancy difficult?

9. Where does Serena find Ira and Maggie?

10. What kept Ira from going to medical school ?

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. What kind of friendship do Serena and Maggie have?

2. Describe times where Maggie acts as a good friend to Serena.

3. Is it the kind of friendship that you would hope you and your closest friend would have?

Essay Topic 3

1. The theme of Regret reoccurs often in the book.

2. If you were Maggie, what would you regret?

3. What about Ira?

4. How would you change either characters life so that there were no regrets?

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