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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 game are Solly and Toby playing when Toby gets a call that Karen Cooper is unresponsive?

2. What do Toby and Rachel do when they first meet?

3. Who does Toby ask to babysit the dog while he goes to pick his kids up from camp in Section 5?

4. Who was Toby's first girlfriend?

5. How did Archer Sylvan die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Alejandra Lopez and how does Rachel discover her?

2. What role does Same Rothberg play in Rachel's nervous breakdown?

3. What does Toby learn about Nahid in Section 4?

4. What happens between Rachel and Alejandra in Section 6?

5. How does Rachel describe Miriam Rothberg in Section 6?

6. What does Toby reveal about his struggle with weight in Section 5?

7. What upsetting news does Toby get at the start of Section 6?

8. What does Toby tell the children about Rachel in Section 5?

9. What does Rachel teach Toby after they start dating?

10. What does Rachel keep ordering from the Chinese Food Resturant and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are the key secondary characters in the novel and how do they add to the plot and character development of the key characters?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What role does "The Curse" play in the novel? Where did it originate and in what ways does it show up throughout the novel?

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