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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. Where did Holly work before she moved to Switzerland?

2. What Indian tribe is rumored to be in the DNA on Jeanette's mother's side of the family?

3. What did Holly major in in college?

4. In Chapter 8, how long after Teresa's retirement party does she go to Switzerland?

5. Where did Bert and Teresa go for their honeymoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 7, where are Fix and his daughters driving and why?

2. Who was Ernestine and what happened to her?

3. What is the car like that Holly drives to pick up her mother from the airport in Chapter 8?

4. In what way is Leo and Franny's relationship doomed even before the house guests in Chapter 6?

5. What children do Caroline and Franny have?

6. Why does Leo rent a house for the summer in Chapter 6?

7. In Chapter 7, why does Fix say that Leo's wife is the unsung hero in the relationship between him and Franny?

8. How does Jeannette describe Albie in Chapter 5?

9. In Chapter 6, where does Leo rent a house for the summer, and what is the house like?

10. Did Teresa date or marry after her divorce from Bert?

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

The way that events are remembered is affected by point and view and also by the way that characters recall events. How does the retelling of Cal’s death demonstrate how point of view and character recall affect the way that events are remembered? What other events also demonstrate how point of view and character recall affect memory?

Essay Topic 3

Cal dies while Beverly and the children are staying with Bert’s parents. What affect does the death have on the family and how does the death affect the Keating and Cousins families even years afterwards?

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