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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 books did Toby read to his kids when they were little?

2. Which dating App is Toby's favorite?

3. Before it was a hospital, what had St. Thaddeus been?

4. How much is Toby and Rachel's mediator?

5. Who is Frank?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Section 2, who is Toby's first date once his divorce becomes final?

2. What is the first thing that Toby does in the morning when he wakes up in Section 1?

3. According to Toby in Section 3, how does Bartuck change?

4. Who is Nahid and what is her relationship with Toby?

5. What does Toby talk about in detail, at the start of Section 2?

6. Why is Hannah crying in Section 3?

7. In Section 3, how and why does Solly go to sleepover camp?

8. In Section 2, what leads Rachel and Toby to have a good patch in their marriage?

9. Who is Donald Bartuck and why does Toby talk to him in Section 2?

10. What does Toby think about the Hamptons?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is setting developed and portrayed in the novel? Select two different settings in the text and analyze their role in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

What happens to Karen Cooper in the novel? Why would Brodesser-Anker include the character of Karen Cooper? What could she and her disease symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

What is a flashback and how is it used in the text? What impact does it have on the plot?

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