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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. How old is Franny in Chapter 7?

2. Where does Leo keep an apartment in Chapter 6 so Franny can go back and work?

3. What type of car does Fix own in Chapter 7?

4. In Chapter 5, where did Albie go to military school?

5. What was the name of Jeanette's grandmother's housekeeper?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did The Cousins children live after Cal died?

3. In Chapter 8, what are Teresa's reasons for retiring?

4. What does Franny's mother tell her to make for dinner in Chapter 6?

5. In Chapter 6, what is Caroline doing?

6. How did Fix and Marjorie get their house in Santa Monica?

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

8. How does Jeannette describe Albie in Chapter 5?

9. What does Holly do at the airport in Lucerne while she waits for her mother's flight to come from Paris?

10. In Chapter 6, why does Leo struggle to make ends meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The mood in the novel shifts as different stories are told. How does the author create mood in the novel and how does mood change from chapter to chapter? Does the book have an overall mood?

Essay Topic 2

The author tells the stories with simple language. Characters who use simple language and who are less sophisticated seem to be portrayed by the author as more reliable. How does the way that the author uses simple language to portray characters make some characters seem more honest and trustworthy and others to seem to be dishonest and untrustworthy?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 1, the author uses imagery, rather than description, to create her characters and the world they live in. How is imagery used in Chapter 1 to develop characters, events, and the setting?

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