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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 school does Grace attend?
2. As Richard is lying in bed at the beginning of the sixth chapter, he notes the disease has progressed to what?
3. What concern regarding Grace does Karina share during her visit to Richard in Chapter Nine?
4. While at the graduation party, Karina learns what news?
5. What class does Elise teach?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What idea does Richard have in Chapter Eleven? What does Bill think about this idea? Why?
3. What is Richard's relationship like with his daughter at the beginning of the novel?
4. What information does Karina learn at the graduation party?
5. Who is Maxine? How did Richard's diagnosis impact his relationship with her?
6. What happens when Richard goes out in Chapter Twelve?
7. How does Richard adapt to the piano after the loss of his right hand? What does he find comfort in?
8. Who is Martyna and how did she influence Karina?
9. What does the prologue to the novel illustrate about Richard?
10. What are Karina's thoughts regarding birth and destiny? How are these beliefs illustrated by her own life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Richard loves classical piano, while Karina prefers jazz. How did their preferences affect their careers? How do their preferences reflect their personalities?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using alternating perspectives. How does viewing the action through the eyes of both Richard and Karina affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through just one of their perspectives?
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