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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 is the look that Anna ascribes to the men in Robbie's family, though they all sort of look like him, too?

2. Who decides to take Anna back to the bus station, glad to be rid of her and her presence in Robbie's family's home?

3. Pale informs Anna that he does not like ___________ and every time Anna leaves one he feels like he heard her the first time.

4. Pale complains that the room is like a/an __________ when he is sitting with Anna and Larry.

5. Burton decides to leave as he wants to type up notes for his _______________ before heading to a dinner meeting.

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the main focuses of Robbie, according to Anna when she is talking with Larry?

2. Why were many of Robbie's dance colleagues and friends unable to attend the service?

3. What is Anna's explanation as to why she hasn't responded to Larry all day?

4. What did Larry give to Pale when Larry stopped by the bar earlier?

5. What does Pale have to say when Larry asks him if he and his wife have gotten a divorce?

6. What does Anna reveal about Pale's ideas about what happened to Robbie and to Dominic?

7. What is the one thing that Robbie's family has never seen him do, which also upsets Anna?

8. What happens to Anna when she is sleeping in the bedroom of the one of the nephews in Robbie's family?

9. To what story does Larry equates Burton's writing and motivation?

10. What does Anna tell Pale when he moves to put his hand underneath her robe when they are on the couch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anna points out that she is angry for not being able to have a proper goodbye with Robbie as she is talking to Larry.

Part 1: Why do you think Anna is angry about not getting a proper goodbye from Robbie?

Part 2: What do you think the importance of that final goodbye is for Anna?

Part 3: How do you think Anna could have had a proper goodbye with Robbie while at the wake?

Essay Topic 2

Part of the pain that Anna feels is due to the fact that Robbie's family didn't know anything about his sexuality.

Part 1: Why do you think Robbie's family didn't know about his sexuality?

Part 2: Why do you think this revelation affects Anna in the way that it does?

Part 3: Do you think Robbie's family actually knew the truth? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Larry walks in on New Year's Eve in a funk, saying that there are more suicides at a gay New Year's Eve party than all of Scandinavia.

Part 1: Why do you think Larry is in such a foul mood when he comes back to the loft?

Part 2: Why do you think that Larry is smoking again, though he wasn't before?

Part 3: Do you think Larry is a person who will find his happiness? Why or why not?

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