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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 do Larry and Sally experience in Vermont for the first time?
2. Where are Sid and Charity when Larry and Sally arrive?
3. What has Charity selected for Sid?
4. What location is the setting for Larry's new novel?
5. How does Larry describe the foursome of the Langs and the Morgans?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Charity maintain control even though her death is imminent?
2. Why does Larry consider their year in Italy to be one of the best and most youthful for Sally and him?
3. How does the author extend the Adam and Eve metaphor in this chapter?
4. 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.
5. What revelation does Sid share with Larry about his life?
6. What plans has Charity made for her family for after her death?
7. How does the author use the Adam and Eve metaphor to advance the plot?
8. How do Sally's memories provide a different perspective about Charity for Hallie?
9. How has Sid and Charity's home changed from the time the Langs first saw it in 1938?
10. Why does Sid not want to go on the family picnic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
It seems as if Charity has every privilege and advantage in life and encounters almost no challenges while Sally has to struggle in fundamental things like giving birth and walking. Why does the author characterize these two women in these ways? What points is he trying to make?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the similarities of Larry and Sally's backgrounds. What insecurities do they share? What work ethic do they share? How have their backgrounds made them into the people they are today?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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