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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. How did Otto feel while in business with Charlie?

2. What does Otto promise to do for Sophie when they get home from the hospital?

3. Where do the Bentwoods own a second home?

4. What did the cat do when it got into the box?

5. What part of town does Sophie think is rather ugly?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Otto promise to do for Sophie when they return from the hospital?

3. What did a hospital attendant and a nurse criticize Sophie for doing?

4. How did Otto find out about Sophie and Charlie going out? What is his response to this?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Claire tell Sophie she and Leon do when he stays over?

10. What does Sophie do while the cat is taken to the ASPCA?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happened between Sophie and the cat? How does this interaction shape the course of this plot?

Essay Topic 2

What caused the end of the business relationship between Charlie and Otto? How does this severed relationship affect their spouses?

Essay Topic 3

Courage and fear are two attributes that are seen a number of times in this book. Where do they appear? How does the presence of these feelings change the characters who are involved in those scenes?

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