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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. When Fix fails the bar exam the first time, what does Marjorie's mother fix for dinner?

2. Where do Bert and Peggy live before their divorce?

3. What is Leon Posen's middle name?

4. When Teresa and Bert's children fly alone for the first time in Chapter 3, who refuses to wear the junior airman wings they are given?

5. In Chapter 4, what artist is singing when Leon Posen stops to listen while Franny helps him move out of the bar?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2 what did Beverly ask Fix to do once for Albie and how did Fix help?

2. What is Franny doing when she sees Leon Posen in Chapter 4?

3. Why has Fix always favored Caroline over Franny?

4. Why does Bonnie, Beverly's sister, approach Father Joe Mike during the party in Chapter 1?

5. Why did kids love Lomer?

6. How did Lomer die?

7. How did Wallis die?

8. Where did Heinrich go to college and what did he study?

9. How much time does Bert petition to spend with his children and how does he get what he wants?

10. When Bert's children arrive for the summer, what happens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Because of the divorce, the Cousins and Keating children spend most of their summers together. What type of relationship do the six children have, and why is Albie often on the outside when the older children do things together?

Essay Topic 2

The novel is told from a third-person omniscient point of view. The stories that the narrator tells follow different characters. How does the point of view affect how the stories are told and what readers know about characters and events?

Essay Topic 3

After Teresa retires, she visits Holly at the meditation center in Switzerland. What does the meditation center mean to both of them, and what benefits do both women gain from the center?

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