View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sid drive Sally and Larry?
(a) A restaurant
(b) The bus station
(c) The hospital
(d) To church

2. What body of water do Larry and Sally view from their new apartment?
(a) Lake Havasu
(b) Lake Erie
(c) Lake Monona
(d) The Pacific Ocean

3. What is the state of Larry and Sally's marriage?
(a) Rocky and unhappy
(b) Happy and solid
(c) On the verge of divorce
(d) They are separated

4. What is the state of Sally's health?
(a) She is disabled
(b) She has cancer
(c) She is in perfect health
(d) She has epilepsy

5. What was Sid's area of study before switching to English?
(a) Art
(b) Biology
(c) Economics
(d) Geology

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is it in the story in Part 1, Chapter 2?

2. What is the name of Charity's sister?

3. What is unusual about Sally and Larry's families?

4. What does Larry think about on this morning?

5. What is the name of Sid and Charity's firstborn child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the flashback the author uses to describe the beginning of Sid and Charity's courtship.

2. Explain how one of the novel's themes of rescue is important in Part 1: Chapter 10.

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

4. Who is the dominant person in each of the two marriages?

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

6. Explain how Sid and Sally seem to have similar character traits.

7. What is the outcome of Sally's labor and delivery experience?

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

9. Describe how Charity is modeling her marriage and household off her mother's style.

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,115 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample