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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. When Karina visits Richard in the ninth chapter, she is surprised to see what changes in Richard?
2. What was the name of Karina's childhood piano teacher?
3. As Richard gets dressed in the sixth chapter, what makes him feel demoralized?
4. What does Karina believe had the greatest impact on her destiny?
5. Who is Trevor?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Karina first visits Richard in his condo, what does she think about Richard's diagnosis? How does this opinion change by the end of her visit?
2. When helping Richard in the bathroom, what moves Karina to tears? What does she decide?
3. What is Richard's relationship like with his father?
4. Who is Maxine? How did Richard's diagnosis impact his relationship with her?
5. What information does Elise give Karina during their morning walk in Chapter Eight?
6. After Richard loses the loss of his arms, how does he feed himself? What does Bill add to Richard's food in Chapter Eleven? Why?
7. Who is Bill? What information does the reader learn about his background?
8. What does Kathy DeVillo recommend Richard start doing in Chapter Seven? Explain several things.
9. What idea does Richard have in Chapter Eleven? What does Bill think about this idea? Why?
10. What is the second part of Richard that stops working?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the role of music as it pertains to the lives or Richard and Karina.
Essay Topic 2
An epigraph is a short quotation at the beginning of a book. The epigraph to this novel is a quote from Rumi: “Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?” How does the epigraph reflect the lives of Richard and Karina? How does the epigraph reflect the novel’s themes?
Essay Topic 3
The idea of his legacy is important to Richard. How does Richard’s opinion on his legacy evolve over the course of the novel? What point is the author trying to make regarding this idea?
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