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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Larry's profession?

2. A picnic has been planned for later today at _______________________.

3. What concerns Sally about her appearance?

4. Where do Larry and Sally go on Friday night?

5. What emotional event does Larry experience?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why have Larry and Sally come to visit Sid and Charity?

2. How does Charity attempt to manage Sid's career?

3. In addition to the enthusiastic welcome, what else strikes Larry and Sally about Sid and Charity Lang?

4. Explain the level of apprehension that Larry and Sally feel before going to a party at Sid and Charity's house.

5. How does the evening of the party end for the Morgans and the Langs?

6. What do Larry and Sally learn about Charity as she talks?

7. What is the setting for the beginning of the novel?

8. What does Charity learn about Larry and Sally as they talk?

9. What good news does Larry receive at the beginning of Part 1: Chapter 8?

10. What work does Larry do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how Charity wants to model her marriage and household after her mother's style. What are some of Charity's expectations? What happens when the expectations fall short?

Essay Topic 2

The theme of rescue will be an important one in the novel. How does the author begin to build this theme? Give examples of rescues throughout the book.

Essay Topic 3

The Adam and Eve metaphor continues when Sally gets ill. Why does Larry know that they are about to be "banished from paradise?" What is the outcome of Larry's premonition? Is he right or wrong? Explain.

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