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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 is Mathilde allergic to?

2. How old is Lotto on New Year's eve in Chapter 3 of Fates?

3. What color wedding dress does Go begin to weave after singing with Ros?

4. After the symposium in Chapter 7 of Fates, how many times does Lotto play solitaire as he tries to call Mathilde?

5. What was Lotto's first role in a play when he was in boarding school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mathilde say is Lotto's gift and why?

2. In Chapter 9 of Fates, what does Chollie ask a bartender to do?

3. What does Lotto do after the symposium when his wife disappears?

4. Who was selected for a symposium on the future of theater in Chapter 7 of Fates?

5. What does Ladybird think about Olivia in the play Lotto writes in 2003?

6. Who does Rachel marry in 2006 and how long does her marriage last?

7. What happens to Lancelot as he leaves a plane at the beginning of Chapter 5?

8. Where is "The House in the Grove" set and who are the characters in Act II, Scene I?

9. What does Mathilde suggest that Lotto do two weeks after his accident?

10. Why were Lotto's comments at the symposium just a small bit of news that doesn't last long?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mathilde went to live in America when she was eleven. With whom did Mathilde live and what was her relationship with her uncle during the years she lived with him?

Essay Topic 2

Antoinette and Mathilde will have nothing to do with one another. Why won't the two women be friends for Lotto's sake and how do the women's feelings about one another affect Mathilde and Lotto's marriage?

Essay Topic 3

Lotto dies. How does Mathilde deal with her grief and why does her grief consume her to the point where she struggles with everyday life?

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