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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. Which of the following serves the Chapmans as a secretary?

2. Which of the following does Fife purchase while at Washington National Airport?

3. At which of the following times is Fife scheduled to leave for Washington?

4. At which of the following did Fife study as a graduate student?

5. Which of the following times does Fife report his flight from Richmond to Washington actually taking?

Short Essay Questions

1. From what source do the Chapmans have money?

2. What reasons does Fife give for appreciating the sounds of jet engines from inside the plane?

3. What reasons does Alicia give in favor of Fife refusing the Chapmans’ offer?

4. What reasons does Emma give to try to persuade Fife that giving the interview is unwise?

5. How does Fife describe Malcolm’s cinematic standing?

6. What reasons do the Chapmans give for offering Fife a business position?

7. What reason does Fife give to Amy for not having previously told her about his past?

8. Where does Fife sit on his flight to Boston, and why?

9. How is the weather on the day of the interview described?

10. What reasons does Fife note for deciding against the Chapmans’ offer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ultimately, is Fife a sympathetic protagonist or not? How does the novel present him as such?

Essay Topic 2

When asked about her prior knowledge of the events Fife narrates, Emma remarks, “I don’t want to say. He gets upset when I correct him” (70). What tone is conveyed in the statement, and how is it put across?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the implications of the comment, “It’s like trying to tie a novel to the author’s real life, he says. You can’t do it” (106).

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