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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 does Linda tell Florida she expects her boyfriend might do when she sees him in Los Angeles?

2. What does Linda Stollen buy in the airport shop before boarding the plane?

3. What is Jordan's favorite candy?

4. Who is the next-door neighbor the same age as Edward when he moves in with his aunt and uncle?

5. Who is the woman who runs the NTSB's investigation into the crash?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Linda Stollen thinking about when she boards the plane in Newark?

2. What are some of the reasons Bruce Adler decided to homeschool his children?

3. What does Principal Arundhi propose to Edward when he first meets him to try to forge a connection with Edward?

4. What does Benjamin Stillman think when he sees how the Adler family interacts with each other?

5. What does Jordan do at the Newark airport that embarrasses his parents?

6. In Part I, how does Edward feel about the President's phone call to him in the hospital?

7. Why does Dr. Mike tell Edward that so many people seem to want to tell Edward about their own lives?

8. In Part I, how does Edward feel about going to live with Lacey and John?

9. Why are the Adlers moving from New York to Los Angeles?

10. What is one of the few things Edward and Lacey do exclusively together in Part II that Edward likes and feels comfortable with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Edward stop playing the piano after the plane crash, and what does the piano and playing the piano seem to symbolize for Edward? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how Napolitano explores and exposes the dynamics of the Adler family before they even board their doomed flight, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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