2. What does Charity insist that she is doing?
(a) Trying to finish a novel
(b) Trying to take her pills
(c) Trying to die right
(d) Trying to sleep

3. What brand of car do Sid and Larry pack for a picnic?
(a) Mercedes
(b) Chevrolet
(c) Marmon
(d) BMW

4. Where do the Morgans live now?
(a) Trenton
(b) Malvern
(c) Pittsburgh
(d) Cambridge

5. What do the Langs and Morgans plan to do at the end of the summer?
(a) Go whitewater rafting
(b) Spend a week at Walden Pond
(c) Go to New York for a theater trip
(d) Take a 100-mile walking trip

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charity say about the state of her health?

2. Where do Sid, Larry and Sally find Charity?

3. Where do Larry and Sally go in Part 2: Chapter 5?

4. How does Larry describe the foursome of the Langs and the Morgans?

5. Why is Charity impatient with Sid?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the theme of rescue extend in Part 2: Chapter 2?

3. Why does Sid not want to go on the family picnic?

4. 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.

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

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

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

8. How does the author use the Adam and Eve metaphor to advance the plot?

9. To what does Larry compare the drowning mouse he comes across while searching for Sid?

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

(see the answer keys)

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