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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 does Nath feel like when he punches Jack?

2. How does Nath think they will treat his and Jack's wounds when they get home?

3. Where was Marilyn when James came home at the beginning of Chapter 12?

4. Who was Lydia's physics teacher?

5. When James uses the Chinese words to describe the food Louisa offers him in Chapter 8, how long has it been since he has said a word in Chinese?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Nath view college as a jumping off point?

2. How did Lydia manage to pass biology?

3. What did Nath do as he got ready to visit Harvard?

4. What were some things that happened in the ten years after Marilyn's disappearance?

5. Where did Lydia spend her afternoons in Chapter 9?

6. What did July 3 represent to James?

7. What did James give Lydia for her birthday, and how did he decide what to give her?

8. What were some stories that Marilyn read in the paper the morning Nath left for Harvard?

9. What did James tell Lydia was the most important thing to remember?

10. What did Lydia dream of doing when she had her license?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hannah remembers being at the lake as a family. What does Hannah remember about times the family spent at the lake, and why doesn't she think the family will ever go there again?

Essay Topic 2

James and Marilyn fight about Lydia's death. Why are they so frustrated with one another and how the other person is handling Lydia's death?

Essay Topic 3

James and Marilyn had unfulfilled dreams. How did they try to foist their dreams on their children and how did that affect their family dynamics?

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