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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 third chapter, how does the visit end?
2. Where was Karina born?
3. In the seventh chapter, Richard's nurse-practitioner advises him to order what item as soon as possible?
4. When Karina visits Richard in the third chapter, he compares her palate to what?
5. Where did Richard take a teaching position 20 years ago?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the first part of Richard that stops working? What does he do as a result?
2. When Karina visits Richard for the second time, what changes in him does she notice?
3. Who is Martyna and how did she influence Karina?
4. 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?
5. How does Richard adapt to the piano after the loss of his right hand? What does he find comfort in?
6. How did Richard meet Karina? What were his initial impressions of her?
7. 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?
8. What are Karina's thoughts regarding birth and destiny? How are these beliefs illustrated by her own life?
9. When helping Richard in the bathroom, what moves Karina to tears? What does she decide?
10. What does the prologue to the novel illustrate about Richard?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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