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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. Whose idea is it to dissolve the partnership between Otto and Charlie?

2. How does Claire's ex-husband describe his new wife?

3. What is Cynthia's last name?

4. What time does Otto begin talking to Sophie after seeing someone in his yard?

5. What day of the week did Sophie go out to lunch with a friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Bentwoods catch the cat?

2. What does Otto suggest to Sophie when they return home from Flynders?

3. What does Sophie witness while waiting to get her prescriptions filled?

4. Why does Sophie realize Charlie spoke to her instead of to Otto?

5. What does Leon say about society?

6. What does Sophie hope will happen when she flirts with Otto? What comes of it?

7. How does Sophie feel when she leaves Claire's house?

8. What does Sophie do after calling some hospitals? Why?

9. What does the black man at the front door need from the Bentwoods?

10. Who is Tom? Why does he say the Bentwoods are lucky?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Power and greed are two common themes in this book. Where do they appear? How do they differ in their manifestations?

Essay Topic 2

How does this book illustrate the theme of diversity? Which characters does it affect most?

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship between the Bentwoods change throughout the course of the plot? How do these changes affect the characters around them?

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