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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. How does Larry adapt to time in Vermont?
(a) He thrives
(b) He never wants to leave
(c) He has anxiety
(d) He wants to leave soon

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

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

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

5. What has Charity planned?
(a) Her own funeral
(b) The lives of her husband, children and grandchildren
(c) Summer vacation
(d) Tonight's dinner

Short Answer Questions

1. What is growing in the wooded areas along the way?

2. What does Sally ask Larry to do?

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

4. Who took care of Sally when she was first diagnosed?

5. What city does Sally say she and Larry were young in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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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