View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Now that she is divorced and Grace is grown, what does Karina realize about her life while watching the jazz pianist?

2. How has Karina changed following her trip to New Orleans?

3. Following the Christmas Eve incident, what is Richard unable to control?

4. While Karina is in New Orleans, who watches Richard?

5. When Bill demands to speak privately with Karina, he indicates Karina needs to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Bill give Karina?

2. Explain Richard's love for his daughter versus his love for the piano.

3. What does Karina imagine during the piano lesson with Dylan?

4. How has caring for Richard taken a toll on Karina after the addition of the BiPAP? Why?

5. What situation causes Grace and Richard to grow closer together while Karina is in New Orleans?

6. What revelation does Karina experience in New Orleans?

7. What does Richard think about Karina's talent and career?

8. How does Richard's wheelchair impair his mobility, instead of facilitate it?

9. Who is Dr. George and what service does he offer Richard?

10. What surprising information do Richard's brothers tell him at the funeral? What is the effect on Richard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay defining love from Karina’s perspective. What is love, according to Karina?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of music as it pertains to the lives or Richard and Karina.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the characters of Bill, Kathy, and Ginny and analyze the effects each has on both Richard and the plot as a whole.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 713 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample