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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. Larry says that people are made to _______________________________.
(a) Be happy
(b) Improve the world
(c) Find their destiny
(d) Survive whatever happens to them

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

3. What is Charity's plan?
(a) To write a novel
(b) To take French lessons
(c) To have the grandchildren for the summer
(d) To go to the hospital to die while everyone else is at the picnic

4. What do Sid and Charity agree on?
(a) Architectural drawings
(b) New dining room furniture
(c) Charity should not go on the picnic
(d) New investments

5. What new experience does Larry have in Vermont?
(a) Recreation and leisure
(b) Learning French
(c) Going to church
(d) Coaching baseball

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Larry doing at the beginning of Part 3: Chapter 4?

2. Who is Hallie's husband?

3. What creature does Larry rescue?

4. What year is it in the story as Part2: Chapter 1 begins?

5. What does Charity have trouble cooking for the group?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the metaphor of Adam and Eve used throughout the novel.

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

3. Why is this chapter the climax of the book?

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

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

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

7. How is Charity managing her illness?

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

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

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

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