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

3. What does Larry catch Sid and Charity doing in the nude?
(a) Gathering berries
(b) Making love
(c) Packing their gear
(d) Reading a map

4. What does Charity do when she sees the Morgans?
(a) Smiles
(b) Faints
(c) Screams
(d) Cries

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Larry thinks about making order out of __________________________.

3. What has Charity planned?

4. What is Charity giving to each of her children?

5. Where does Larry go to work after the start of World War II?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. Why does Larry consider their year in Italy to be one of the best and most youthful for Sally and him?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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