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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 Principal Arundhi tell Edward to do "when in doubt"?

2. What does Mark tell Veronica after they have sex that he immediately regrets?

3. What novel is Edward reading in Part IV?

4. What book does Shay start to read out loud for her and Edward in Part III?

5. What do most of the people waiting for Edward outside the hearing ask him about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Edward do instead of partaking in gym class in Part III, and why?

2. Who gives Edward and John a ride away from the hearing and how does this person interact with Edward?

3. In Part IV, what does Louisa Cox give as a gift to Edward and what does she ask of him?

4. In Part IV, what starts to happen on the airplane just around the time Crispin Cox is pronounced dead?

5. What is one of the reasons Edward does not want to to go the unveiling ceremony of the crash memorial?

6. In Part III, why does Shay tell Edward he cannot sleep in her room any more?

7. What does Jordan notice about Mark and Veronica that almost no one else on the plane seems to have noticed?

8. In Part IV, why does Edward decide to start to change his eating habits?

9. What is Mark Lassio's main focus on the flight?

10. In Part IV, what is different about Harrison Cox's letter from the rest of the letters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What regrets does Crispin Cox have, despite his fame and fortune? How does Napolitano link the characters of Crispin Cox and Mark Lassio? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining the turmoil Benjamin Stillman is dealing with at the time of the crash, and describe what plans he had made about his path forward in life.

Essay Topic 3

How does Napolitano's choice to alternate between the present day and the events of the day of the plane crash affect the reader's experience of this novel and the reader's understanding of the characters' development? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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