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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Sally and Larry do after hearing the good news?
(a) Go for a drive
(b) Have a party
(c) Go shopping
(d) Go out to dinner

2. In what month does Part 1: Chapter 8 begin?
(a) December
(b) June
(c) May
(d) March

3. What literary technique does the author use in Chapter 2?
(a) Flashback
(b) Metaphor
(c) Onomatopoeia
(d) Simile

4. With whom does Sally share a cabin in Vermont?
(a) Charity
(b) Sid's mother
(c) Charity's mother
(d) Sid's sister

5. Who buys one of Larry's short stories?
(a) National Geographic
(b) The New Yorker
(c) Atlantic Monthly
(d) Reader's Digest

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Charity go to get away from Sid?

2. How is Sid characterized?

3. What material has Sid had published?

4. How much is Larry paid for the story?

5. How does Larry occupy his time in the summer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What work does Larry do?

2. Explain the different attitudes of Sid's and Larry's fathers regarding their sons' professions?

3. Explain the bond that Sally feels almost instantly with Charity.

4. Compare Sid and Larry's views on what constitutes good writing.

5. How does the evening of the party end for the Morgans and the Langs?

6. Describe how the author introduces the reader to Larry Morgan at the beginning of the novel?

7. How are Sid and Charity described?

8. How do Larry and Sally celebrate their good news?

9. What good news does Larry receive at the beginning of Part 1: Chapter 8?

10. Even though he was relishing some time alone, how does Larry actually deal with so much time by himself?

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