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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 information does Elise tell Karina about Richard during their morning walk in Chapter Eight?
2. When Karina visits Richard in the third chapter, how does the visit end?
3. In the Prologue to the novel, Richard notes his playing lacks what?
4. Who is Trevor?
5. Richard feels that his appointments with the nurse practitioner amount to what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Richard adapt to the piano after the loss of his right hand? What does he find comfort in?
2. Who is Trevor and what has he said regarding Richard's illness?
3. When helping Richard in the bathroom, what moves Karina to tears? What does she decide?
4. What is the first part of Richard that stops working? What does he do as a result?
5. What is Richard's relationship like with his daughter at the beginning of the novel?
6. Who is Kathy DeVillo and how does she help Richard?
7. When Karina visits Richard for the second time, what changes in him does she notice?
8. 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?
9. Who is Bill? What information does the reader learn about his background?
10. What does Kathy DeVillo recommend Richard start doing in Chapter Seven? Explain several things.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring how Richard’s relationship with Karina changes over the course of the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of the novel. How does the title reflect the lives of Richard and Karina? How does the title reflect the novel’s themes?
Essay Topic 3
Does Karina experience any change over the course of the novel? In what ways does she change and in what ways does she remain the same?
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