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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. Who is one of the two neighbors who live next door to Edward's aunt and uncle?
2. What has Linda Stollen just told her father that made her father laugh at her?
3. What memory does Shay share with Edward about Jordan in Part I?
4. What does Shay do during the summer that Edward is not well enough to do yet in Part II?
5. What does Edward discover is John's password for his tablet?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Linda think that Florida might be a little off-balance when they begin talking on the plane?
2. In Part I, how does Edward feel about the President's phone call to him in the hospital?
3. Why does Edward want to wear all of his brother Jordan's clothes that he can find?
4. What does Jordan do at the Newark airport that embarrasses his parents?
5. How does Crispin Cox treat his nurse on the plane in Part I?
6. What is one of the few things Edward and Lacey do exclusively together in Part II that Edward likes and feels comfortable with?
7. In Part I, why does Edward feel so strange about his new bedroom being in Lacey's and John's would-be nursery?
8. What is Crispin Cox thinking about right after he boards the plane in Part I?
9. In Part I, what is immediately the most unusual and extraordinary circumstance about the plane crash?
10. In Part I, why does Edward begin sleeping in Shay's bedroom every night?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does visiting Madame Victory change Edward's outlook on the responsibilities and pressures he has been feeling as the sole survivor of the crash? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What is Edward most surprised and upset by in the way they world views and reacts to him as the sole survivor of a crash that killed 191 people? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Napolitano's handling of the theme of trauma. How does Edward work through his trauma, and how do other characters in the novel, both his age and older, both loved ones and strangers, help him through the process?
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