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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. How old is Larry?
(a) 44
(b) 64
(c) 34
(d) 24

2. What did Larry and Sally name their daughter?
(a) Lang
(b) Lynn
(c) Laurie
(d) Louise

3. Who is Charity's husband?
(a) Sid
(b) Mark
(c) John
(d) Clay

4. What good news arrives for Larry?
(a) One of his stories has sold
(b) He gets a promotion
(c) He gets his own office
(d) He gets a raise

5. What major event has just occurred as the chapter begins?
(a) Charity has just had her baby
(b) Charity opens a music store
(c) Sally gets a new job at the college
(d) Sid has bought a new house

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Larry hang on the wall?

2. What is the purpose of the item that Larry hangs on the wall?

3. When does Larry drive to Vermont?

4. Where do Larry and Sally go with the Langs to celebrate?

5. What does Sid bring for Larry in the morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Charity's mother characterized?

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

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

4. What do Larry and Sally learn about Charity as she talks?

5. What does Charity learn about Larry and Sally as they talk?

6. What housing do Larry and Sally find when they reach Wisconsin?

7. What is Larry's first recollection of meeting Charity?

8. Explain the flashback that the author uses in Part 1: Chapter 2.

9. What is Charity's model of an ideal marriage and how will it affect her own marriage to Sid?

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

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