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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. Which of Bert and Teresa's kids always does homework?

2. In Chapter 1, how old is Bert's wife, Teresa?

3. How many brothers does Fix have?

4. In Chapter 3, where do Bert's parents live?

5. When Fix has his treatment in Chapter 2, on what floor of the hospital is he treated?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Teresa get a job after the divorce and how does she get the job?

5. What is Leon's problem with Iowa City?

6. Who is the nurse who gets Fix's chemotherapy started and what does she look like?

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

8. Why did kids love Lomer?

9. What does a mutual friend tell Teresa is Bert's reason for moving back to Virginia with Beverly?

10. Why does Franny want to know if Leon is staying at the hotel in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Staying at Amagansett puts a strain on the relationship between Leo and Franny. What factors caused the relationship between the two to fail, and how much of the damage was caused by being at Amagansett?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 4, readers discover who Franny is and what motivates her. How does the author develop Franny’s character—through implicit or explicit details—and how does the way that Franny is portrayed reveal her strengths, weaknesses, motivations, conflicts, and personality?

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