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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 kind of book does Mrs. Cox give Edward in Part IV?
2. What happens on the plane just as the doctor examines Crispin?
3. Who was Veronica's last boyfriend?
4. What does Shay tell Edward about Lacey's sleeping habits that he did not know?
5. What does Edward have trouble with in the car that takes him and his uncle back to their own car after the hearing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Mark Lassio's main focus on the flight?
2. In Part III, why does Shay tell Edward he cannot sleep in her room any more?
3. What does Edward confess to Shay that he thinks the duffel bags of letters he finds in his uncle's garage could be?
4. What secret does Jordan have from everyone else in his family?
5. In Part IV, what is Benjamin thinking about how to live his life after he arrives in Los Angeles?
6. What is one of the reasons Edward does not want to to go the unveiling ceremony of the crash memorial?
7. What do Shay and Edward realize many of the letters in the garage ask of Edward?
8. In Part IV, what starts to happen on the airplane just around the time Crispin Cox is pronounced dead?
9. In Part IV, why does Edward decide to start to change his eating habits?
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
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
Why do you think Edward and Shay become such fast and close friends, and how does this relationship change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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