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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 does Larry see from his balcony window?
(a) A procession of people and donkeys
(b) Women doing laundry
(c) Shopkeepers setting out their wares
(d) Children walking to school

2. Who took care of Sally when she was first diagnosed?
(a) Sid
(b) Hallie
(c) Lang
(d) Charity

3. What are Larry and Sally doing as the chapter begins?
(a) Sitting on the cabin porch
(b) Golfing
(c) Shopping
(d) Having dinner

4. How long has it been since the Morgans have seen the Langs?
(a) 2 months
(b) 2 days
(c) 2 weeks
(d) 2 years

5. What city does Sally say she and Larry were young in?
(a) Kennebunkport
(b) Florence
(c) New Orleans
(d) Boca Raton

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sally ask Larry to do?

2. What do the Langs and Morgans plan to do at the end of the summer?

3. What is the condition of Sid's barn?

4. What has Charity planned?

5. What job does Larry have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Larry consider their year in Italy to be one of the best and most youthful for Sally and him?

2. How has Sid and Charity's home changed from the time the Langs first saw it in 1938?

3. How does the author extend the Adam and Eve metaphor in this chapter?

4. Explain the method that Sally has of categorizing her memories.

5. What plans has Charity made for her family for after her death?

6. Although Larry and Sally never had the advantages or financial ease that Sid and Charity did, they seem to have a better marriage. Explain how the author reveals this.

7. What revelation does Sid share with Larry about his life?

8. Explain how Charity's simplistic view of life is in contrast to both Sid and the Langs?

9. How does Charity maintain control even though her death is imminent?

10. How is Charity able to assert some control over Larry's life while her own husband resists her attempts?

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