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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 Florida's husband?

2. What is the flight number that Edward was on with his family that crashes?

3. Who is Edward's therapist?

4. How old was Shay when her father left?

5. What does Edward discover is John's password for his tablet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part I, why does Edward begin sleeping in Shay's bedroom every night?

3. Why does Linda think that Florida might be a little off-balance when they begin talking on the plane?

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

5. In Part I, why is Florida traveling to Los Angeles?

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

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

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

9. What does Edward do when he looks at John's tablet and realizes that John has been doing Internet searches for everything related to Edward and the crash?

10. How does Crispin Cox treat his nurse on the plane in Part I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the relationship between Jordan and Edward Adler. How does reading Mahira's letter, and later meeting her, change Edward's perception of both his relationship with his brother and his own grieving experience?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining how Edward chooses to handle his relationship and his sessions with his therapist, Dr. Mike. How does Edward's relationship with Dr. Mike change over the course of the novel?

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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