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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. Where do Larry and Sally go in Part 2: Chapter 5?
2. What do Sid and Charity agree on?
3. What does Sally need to help her get around?
4. What item does Sally add to the gear to prevent a further argument?
5. What does Larry see from his balcony window?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the situation the characters find themselves in when the novel returns to the present day in 1972?
2. What happens to the relationship between the Morgans and the Langs during World War II?
3. 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.
4. How do Sally's memories provide a different perspective about Charity for Hallie?
5. How is Charity managing her illness?
6. How do the Charity, Sid and Sally remain in character when facing Charity's imminent death?
7. How does the author use the Adam and Eve metaphor to advance the plot?
8. How has Sid and Charity's home changed from the time the Langs first saw it in 1938?
9. How does the theme of rescue extend in Part 2: Chapter 2?
10. How does Charity maintain control even though her death is imminent?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the similarities of Sid and Charity's backgrounds. What insecurities do they share? What confidences do they share? How have their backgrounds made them into the people they are today?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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