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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 Meyer tell Miles about Tick?

2. Where does Zack ask Tick to go?

3. Who is Zack Minty?

4. With whom do Cindy and Miles have a conversation at the game?

5. Who is Candace?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Miles' good heart exhibited in the scene with a hungover Buster?

2. Explain the economic dynamics of the town as the story begins.

3. Who is John Voss?

4. What is the Exacto knife and why does it signify foreshadowing for the plot?

5. Describe how Zack Minty exhibits unsportsmanlike behavior and then manipulates the crowd at the football game.

6. Why does Janine call Miles The Human Rut?

7. Why does David keep pressuring Miles about a liquor license?

8. Cite three examples of foreshadowing in Part 2, Chapter 12.

9. How is Miles trying to improve the economy of Empire Falls?

10. How does Miles try to help John Voss.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During the Martha's Vineyard trip, Charlie, Grace and Miles all get poison ivy. Explain what the poison ivy is a metaphor for in this chapter. Why is it different for each of the three characters?

Essay Topic 2

Do a character sketch of Miles Roby including positive and negative characteristics. Why is Miles the protagonist in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Who do you think is the real father of Miles and David Roby--Max or C.B. Whiting? Explain.

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