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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 many of the letters to Edward in the duffel bags include?
2. Why does Shay tell Edward he can not sleep in her room any longer?
3. What happens on the plane just as the doctor examines Crispin?
4. What does Crispin tell his lawyer the morning he gets on the flight in Part III?
5. What does Edward tell Shay about that he says disproves her claim that he is less likely to get in a plane crash again?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part IV, what starts to happen on the airplane just around the time Crispin Cox is pronounced dead?
2. In Part III, why does Shay tell Edward he cannot sleep in her room any more?
3. In Part IV, what question does Besa confront Edward with?
4. In Part IV, what does Louisa Cox give as a gift to Edward and what does she ask of him?
5. Why are Lacey and John so panicked about Edward's health and mental state in Part III?
6. What does Jordan notice about Mark and Veronica that almost no one else on the plane seems to have noticed?
7. What does Mark ask Veronica in Part IV, and what does Veronica say in response?
8. In Part III, what are Edward's feelings on New Year's Day?
9. In Part III, what rattles Edward when he and John go to the hearing in Washington?
10. What does Edward do instead of partaking in gym class in Part III, and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Immediately after the crash, what are some of the things adults do and say to Edward that he finds unbearable and/or confusing? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Edward's relationship with his Uncle John changes so dramatically after he tells John he has been reading through all the letters for him? How does this revelation of Edward's to John also seem to change the dynamic between John, Lacey, and Edward? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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