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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. Why does Sid not want to go on the picnic?
(a) He sunburns too easily
(b) He has had the flu
(c) He knows Charity is planning to die when he's gone
(d) He has to get up early tomorrow

2. What has Charity refused to do?
(a) Have chemotherapy
(b) Take vitamins
(c) Get exercise
(d) Get sunshine

3. Where does Sally spend the night?
(a) At the Langs' home
(b) At the cabin
(c) At the hospital with Charity
(d) At a bed and breakfast

4. Where did Sid teach after losing his job in Wisconsin?
(a) Duke
(b) Princeton
(c) Yale
(d) Dartmouth

5. What year is it in the story as Part2: Chapter 1 begins?
(a) 1945
(b) 1938
(c) 1972
(d) 1962

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hallie feeling ashamed of herself?

2. What does Sid finally rationalize?

3. Where are Sid and Charity when Larry and Sally arrive?

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

5. What event mars the onset of the plan?

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

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

4. What happens to the relationship between the Morgans and the Langs during World War II?

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

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

7. How has the necessity for rescue changed between the two couples?

8. What is the situation the characters find themselves in when the novel returns to the present day in 1972?

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

10. How do the Charity, Sid and Sally remain in character when facing Charity's imminent death?

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