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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 is Larry doing at the beginning of Part 3: Chapter 4?
(a) Swimming
(b) Grilling hamburgers
(c) Reading
(d) Looking for Sid

2. What does Charity have trouble cooking for the group?
(a) Fish
(b) Corn
(c) Chicken
(d) Steak

3. What is Charity giving to each of her children?
(a) Books she has kept about them since birth
(b) Copies of her will
(c) Family heirlooms
(d) Jewelry and clothing

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

5. What event mars the onset of the plan?
(a) An argument between Charity and Sally
(b) An argument between Sid and Larry
(c) An argument between Charity and Sid
(d) An argument between Charity and Larry

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charity say is all she needed to make her death the way she has envisioned it?

2. What do Larry and Sally experience in Vermont for the first time?

3. What creature does Larry rescue?

4. What item does Sally add to the gear to prevent a further argument?

5. Who walks up to meet the family as the picnic is ending?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How do Sally's memories provide a different perspective about Charity for Hallie?

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

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

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

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

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