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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. Who is Bill Taylor?

2. What is the title of Father Mark's sermon?

3. Irene thinks that Father Tom is ____________.

4. With whom does Miles fight at Mrs. Whiting's house?

5. How does Miles feels about Janine's marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the events of Grace's penance for her affair with C.B. Whiting?

2. What is the premise of Father Mark's sermon, When God Retreats?

3. Describe John Voss' history as revealed to Principal Meyer in John's file.

4. What is the metaphor of John Voss dragging his grandmother's body to the dump?

5. How does Mrs. Whiting feel about Cindy?

6. Describe Sunday afternoons in Bea's bar.

7. How can you tell Bea's feelings for her soon-to-be son-in-law, Walt?

8. How does Max turn the tables on Miles who asks about his mother's affair with C.B. Whiting?

9. What were the two areas of focus in Grace's life as she got older?

10. What are the anonymous notes and why does Principal Meyer think it was Zack who sent them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

On the Martha's Vineyard trip, Miles becomes disenchanted with his mother's behavior with Charlie Mayne and he consequently loses his baseball to the ocean and leaves his ball glove at the hotel. What do these losses of his baseball equipment really represent?

Essay Topic 3

What is the role of Mrs. Whiting in the town? What is her role toward the Roby family? Why is she especially benevolent to them given the fact that Grace Roby had had an affair with her husband many years ago?

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